President Donald Trump’s former senior advisor Kellyanne Conway has been the “biggest champion” of marijuana rescheduling within the president’s “inner circle,” a GOP congressman tells Marijuana Moment.
As Trump weighs a proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, said he’s confident we’ll “see movement” on the reform since the president’s announcement late last month that a decision was imminent.
But notably, Mast also disclosed that Conway—who’s previously expressed skepticism about marijuana legalization—is “very much in [Trump’s] circle of people,” and rescheduling is “something that she’s been moving forward with the administration as well.”
“For some time she’s been—I think, of the inner circle there, you know—let’s say the biggest champion of that,” the congressman said. “So I think Kellyanne is making a difference as well.”
It’s not clear in what capacity the former senior counselor to the president is involved in rescheduling talks, with uncertainty around whether she’s advising on behalf of a company or organization, or if she’s merely personally supporting the policy change.
Marijuana Moment reached out to Conway’s and Mast’s offices for clarification, but representatives were not immediately
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