Trump’s Quiet Cannabis Promise + Ayr’s Collapse | TTB Weekly Recap
Trump’s Quiet Cannabis Promise + Ayr’s Collapse | TTB Weekly Recap
Trump’s cannabis rescheduling promise, DEA’s new enforcement tone, the fall of Ayr Wellness, and a full-scale hemp war erupting in Texas. This week’s Trade To Black weekly recap—presented by Dutchie—delivers one of our most jam-packed rundowns to date.
Let’s start with Trump.
Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO James Hagedorn says Trump has made private commitments—multiple times—to reschedule cannabis federally. This isn’t secondhand gossip—Hagedorn has real access through his company’s cannabis subsidiary, Hawthorne. What does it mean? That a law-and-order rescheduling pivot may be taking shape under the radar, aligning with a broader enforcement-focused approach.
Meanwhile, DEA Administrator Terrance Cole released his strategic priorities—and rescheduling wasn’t even mentioned. Some saw that as a red flag. We argue it’s a green light. Why? Because keeping cannabis off the enforcement radar means the rescheduling process is staying where it belongs: with DOJ and HHS.
Former DEA Acting Administrator Derek Maltz also joined us this week to sound the alarm—not on regulated cannabis, but on the illicit high-THC market, which he says is the real threat to public health.
And then there’s Texas.
SB 5 has cleared the Senate, aiming to criminalize most hemp-derived THC products. If passed, it would devastate an $8 billion industry and jail thousands. The House version is still live, but pressure is building from both sides.
In the business world, AYR Wellness (CSE: AYR.A / OTCQX: AYRWF) is restructuring, effectively handing control to creditors. Meanwhile, companies like Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY), SNDL (NASDAQ: SNDL), Cannara Biotech (TSXV: LOVE / OTCQX: LOVFF), MariMed (CSE: MRMD / OTCQX: MRMD), C21 Investments (CSE: CXXI / OTCQX: CXXIF), MTL Cannabis (CSE: MTLC / OTC: MTLCF), and Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED / NASDAQ: CGC) are navigating earnings season with varying levels of strength.
And yes, Rand Paul just saved the hemp industry—at least for now—by blocking a proposed ban from sneaking into the Senate’s ag budget bill.
The industry is consolidating. The policy window is opening. And federal momentum may finally be real.
Let’s get into it.
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Trump will use cannabis rescheduling to help his poll numbers. He’s not exacty dumb.
Cannabis is a powerful natural ally for legacy humans—those choosing to preserve their unmodified biology and consciousness, because it supports introspection, emotional recalibration, and a deeper connection to organic experience. For the unaugmented, it can enhance creativity, alleviate stress, and strengthen the mind-body bond that is often dulled by industrial routines.
However, for augmented humans, whose cognitive systems rely on neural interfaces, biometric feedback loops, and real-time algorithmic integration, cannabis introduces disruptive variables. Its psychoactive effects can interfere with synchronization, cause data latency in neural implants, and compromise the calibration of synthetic systems that depend on chemical and electrical precision.
Thus, while cannabis is a sacred tool for maintaining human depth and individuality in natural form, it is a liability in augmented configurations. What liberates the legacy mind may corrupt the firmware of the synthetic hybrid.
I feel a little relieved 😌 now. Let’s get this done Mr President 👍💨💨💨
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Thanks
Anyone who is dumb enough to believe that Dotard is going to make a move on cannabis is just that… DUMB ENOUGH.
" ! ! ! REMEMBER THE ALABOWL ! ! ! "
I have bent the ear, all of our president Donald J Trump on this matter. Tell him I’ve been watching the market for 3 years.
It’s starting to grow, shows continued growth up to this point. Over alcohol 🥃
That we could lead the world in the market 🌍💯🤞
and my fingers are crossed
The stuff in dispensaries are sprayed with all sorts of nasty stuff the law allows it’s not organic and causes cannabis use disorder what are you talking about that it’s safe medicine 😂😂 that’s why the black market is so strong 💪
I’m worried Trump is just saying whatever gets him support despite not giving a shit. I’m worried the read this channel has is cope, but will be happy to be proven wrong.
Holding a lot SNDL and TLRY for the long term
Thank you for all this news!!
Love your content my friend
About damn time, stop molesting US for staying HEALTHY…
Thank you Shadd…
Republicans should be aware that second amendment rights are stripped from people who use Marijuana even medical!
More lip service, just get it done or shut up.
Trumps words means nothing without action. Same thing with Terrance Cole. Politicians are just that….politicians. Words are meaningless without action because of lobbyists pushing funds into campaigns…
If you just keep reporting the same story like a broken record, I sure won’t be listening anymore.
O yippy…the gov./god es """considering""" alowing
you to have a plant … and all the slaves cheer. n!!!
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Let’s see if Donny the murph has a say, only counts if he says something.
Thankyou
Nice recap. Lot’s still going on, let’s hope it happens, followed by eventual legalization!
they making sure they get told what to do and get paid by big pharma before they do anything, it should be declassified all together, just like alcohol..
The government is keeping Marijuana illegal just to fuck with anyone who is 21 years and older 😅 I’m like take your poisoned food and give me the weed do I have a choice
I hope so! Thank you for your info
Great weekly recap.Thanks
Ayr’s weed is garbage.
I have something I wanna add to this the illicit market on the street you never know what they’ll cut their products with to get the most out of it. They don’t care about human health or safety. They just care about cash where the dispensary cares about your safety as well as keeping you as a customer and it’s better to be controlled in the right context Instead of being stuck in the past
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always freat work my friend
Sure, but it’s limbo time for near future.
republicans will fumble the ball as always when it comes to this natural plant
The buyers in dispensaries want a way to avoid plastic. We want to bring our own jar.
We should push for growing our own. The stuff at the dispensaries are full of chemicals
It could work here in the states
Texas with it’s border problem needs to consider the waste of time and money used against the marijuana consumers as apposed to the smuggled marijuana. The border is where the coyotes are dealing in trafficking of drugs, people and weapons. Reschedule and get your priorities straight. POTUS TRUMP elect wants Americans to succeed and that includes Texas.
This theory needs verification but after gathering bits and pieces the big picture does not look good:
Remember back in the 2000’s regarding those pictures of soldiers protecting a poppy field in Afghanistan? This reminded me of the opium wars the British had with the Chinese. This explains our presence in the middle east. The British military was there too. They would dress up as Al Queda and terrorize villagers. Giving the Americans a reason to occupy a foreign country. Remember, there were no weapons of mass destruction. It was a lie.
They work indirectly through Israel’s Mossad [Israel is essentially a British Colony] ]and Biden era CIA in the Ukraine [thier predecessors in the 60’s were involved with JFK’s assasination]. Epstein’s operation was a small but important part of the British Intelligence operation for blackmailing and influencing U.S. Congressmen and Senators. Almost everyone in the capitol has an AIPAC handler. The reason these guys are outlawing hemp and THC is because it would cut into the ill-gotten lucre the British Elite recieve through global drug and human trafficking [aka Adrenochrome manufacturing]. Just look at the last name of the current Mexican President. The lady lives in a country where people with her last name only represent .02% of the population. There is a reason they put her in office.
The British do not like Trump. He’s an outsider [no royal lineage] who has made U.S. policies that run counter to the British Empires goals and his offer to Canada to join the U.S. caused a rift between the East and West Canadian Provinces who are still subjects of the King of England. If you want support for the Hemp Farm bill or the decriminalization of Marijuana, you should seek it from Trump. You should tell him that the founders of the constitution grew hemp and marijuana on thier plantations. Dan Patrick and other neocons are doing the bidding of the British Empire [who are the beneficiaries of the federal reserve note]. We need to show the British Elite [i.e., European Royalty] the Middle Finger.
Conclusion: The Democrats under Obama and Biden were unwitting agents of the British Empire. The Republicans under Nixon all the way through Bush Sr., Bush Jr. and the neocons who favored the Gulf wars and criminalization of Marijuana were also British Agents. Trump may become a British Agent if King of England invites Trump to the palace. The British Elite want their King to act as a sovereign advisor to the U.S. President.
I cant wait to make a million and finally open my wiener dog ranch!!
Here in Texas we voting out Dan Patrick no matter what this next election.
If Trump wants it then it will happen but not yet what does that tell you
Despite any legalization or rescheduling ruling, without employment protections, it will make little difference !
Done by EO before September.
Amendment 3 was a joke here in Florida to much big business rules an regulations right trulieve
we stuck in limbo in maine