Trump’s Marijuana Deregulation: Capitulation to Moral Relativism
Catholic News Agency reports (December 18, 2025) that Donald Trump signed an executive order downgrading marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III controlled substance. The article notes opposition from CatholicVote, whose president Kelsey Reinhardt called the move “reckless,” citing increased addiction rates and health damage in states that legalized cannabis. While acknowledging Church teaching that drug use constitutes a “grave offense” except for strict therapeutic use, the report neutrally presents claims about marijuana being a “less risky alternative to opioids” and mentions “Catholic hospitals” conducting related research. Notably absent is any substantive engagement with the magisterial condemnation of drug legalization as societal suicide or the intrinsic evil of recreational intoxication.


