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"What Trump's reclassification of pot and CBD could mean for seniors, research and stocks":
12/16/2025

President Donald Trump is considering a Medicare pilot program that would provide some seniors access to CBD as he looks to reclassify marijuana as Schedule III.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week that would broadly expand access to cannabis.

The proposal is expected to apply specifically to cannabidiol products, better known as CBD, aimed at treating chronic pain, sleep deprivation, and other age-related ailments, said Shawn Hauser, a partner at cannabis-focused law firm Vicente LLP.

"I expect the executive order will make clear what kind of cannabinoids are covered, that they have to come from a federally legal source," Hauser told CNBC.

Insiders like Hauser expect the final order to define legal cannabinoids, administrative methods and a framework for Food and Drug Administration oversight.

Rescheduling and Medicare coverage are likely to trigger new investments from institutional capital and investors that typically follow federal insurance coverage to big pharmaceutical companies, said Timothy Seymour, founder and chief investment officer of Seymour Asset Management and a CNBC contributor.

"The valuation of the sector will be worth a lot more because institutional investors will be allowed in, will have access and will have liquidity, and exchanges will trade them," Seymour told CNBC. "That immediately could double or triple the sector."

As Seymour described it, Medicare coverage and federal insurance involvement is the "holy grail" that could unlock institutional capital.

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