Many decisions should not be based solely on the influx of money. The possible reclassification of marijuana is one of those decisions.

It has been revealed that President Donald Trump is expected to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug, according to the Washington Post, easing restrictions and providing a surge to the marijuana business. But economic booms should not be a determining factor when it comes to marijuana classification, especially when it comes to a product that would poison the population.

It was a disastrous idea then, and it remains a disastrous idea now. Moreover, the president already expressed the problems and, more importantly, the dangers of marijuana when he first suggested the idea of possibly rescheduling it in August.

“We’re looking at it. Some people like it, some people hate it,” Trump said at the time. “Some people hate the whole concept of marijuana because it does bad for the children, it does bad for the people that are older than children.”

The country does not need any more easily accessible substances that are “bad for the children” or “bad for the people that are older than children.” 

Make America Healthy Again — sound familiar? Make America Great Again, remember? Things that are “bad........

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