Trump “Rescheduling” Cannabis: What This Actually Does (And Who It Screws Anyway)

By Boof du Jour - The Only Publication that doesn't kiss Trulieve's ass on the daily.

America is about to celebrate moving weed from Schedule I to Schedule III like we just stormed the Bastille, when in reality we rearranged the deck chairs on the Titanic and called it reform.

Let’s break it down — who wins, who gets nothing, and who gets actively fucked

1. What This Does for the Legal Cannabis Market

Short answer: It helps balance sheets, not people.

The Only Real Win: 280E Relief

Schedule III nukes IRS Code 280E, which means:

• Cannabis companies can finally deduct rent

• Payroll

• Marketing

• Utilities

• You know… basic business expenses

Translation: Multi-state operators stop hemorrhaging cash like they’re being punished for selling plutonium instead of flower.

Who benefits most?

• MSOs

• Private equity

• CFOs who haven’t slept since 2018

Who doesn’t?

• Small operators drowning in state fees

• Legacy growers

• Social equity license holders already hanging on by dental floss

This is not legalization. This is a tax break for companies that survived the war, not the casualties.

2. What This Does for State-by-State Legal Markets

Nothing structurally. Zero. Zilch.

• No interstate commerce

• No federal protection

• No banking overhaul

• No national market

Every state still operates like its own weird weed fiefdom:

• Missouri still Missouri-ing

• California still lighting money on fire

• New York still pretending rollout delays are “intentional”

If anything, Schedule III locks the current mess in place:

• States keep regulating

• Feds keep hovering like a cop at a high school party

Everyone keeps pretending this is “progress”

3. What This Does for Prisoners Currently Locked Up

Here’s where the laughter dies.

Absolutely. Fucking. Nothing.

• No automatic releases

• No sentence reductions

• No mass clemency

• No retroactive relief

Schedule III does not mean:

“Oops, sorry about those decades in a cage.”

It means:

“This is medicine now. You were just early.”

If you’re in prison for weed today, this policy watches you rot and keeps walking.

4. What This Does for People with Past Convictions

Again: nothing automatic.

• No federal expungement

• No clearing of records

• No job protection

• No housing relief

You still fail background checks.

You still get denied loans.

You still explain a plant to HR like it’s 1997.

The irony?

You can now buy federally “accepted medicine” at a dispensary…

…but still lose a job for having touched it before the government caught up.

5. What This Does for Drug Testing & Employment

Welcome to the dumbest timeline.

• Weed is Schedule III

• But employers can still fire you

• Federal contractors still test

• DOT still doesn’t care

• Parole officers still love pee cups

So yes:

Weed is medicine, but also career poison.

Totally normal system. No notes.

6. The Real Subtext No One Wants to Say Out Loud

This isn’t justice reform.

This isn’t legalization.

This isn’t compassion.

This is:

• A political optics move

• A tax tweak dressed as progress

• A way to say “we did something” without doing the hard part

It helps companies stay alive.

It helps politicians campaign.

It helps no one already crushed by prohibition.

Boof du Jour Bottom Line

Rescheduling weed is like admitting:

“Yeah, okay, it’s not heroin.”

…but refusing to apologize, release prisoners, fix records, or actually end the war you already lost.

The house is still burning.

They just changed the label on the fire extinguisher.

So sure, let’s laugh.

Because if you don’t, you’ll realize the punchline is still millions of people punished for something the government now sells with loyalty points.