However, the executive order which Trump is expected to sign, would not make cannabis legal at the federal level. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) US President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to sign an executive order that could eventually fast track the reclassification of cannabis and acknowledge at the federal level its medicinal benefits for the first time. Currently, cannabis comes under the same category as that of LSD and heroin under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. The Trump administration aims to move the drug from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 which could ease the regulatory hurdles and allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to research cannabis for the first time with regards to its medicinal benefits, which could open the arena of its usage by seniors, veterans and other pharmaceuticals but restricted to medical purpose only, according to NBC News. However, the executive order which Trump is expected to sign, would not make cannabis legal at the federal level. The US president on Monday said his administration is “considering” the move. “We are considering …