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President Donald Trump says he is strongly considering signing an executive order rescheduling marijuana to a lower classification.

The move would loosen federal restrictions but not fully legalize the drug.

The federal government might be ready to reopen its doors but the deal to do so has one Kentucky hemp business owner on edge.

“Mitch McConnell just destroyed our business,” Jim Higdon, co-founder and chief communications officer of Cornbread Hemp, told the Herald-Leader. “... The government just destroyed our business, and that shouldn’t happen.”

“It takes a while to get an industry from the ground up,” Bratcher explained. “A lot of places have had to break ground and build from the ground up rather than retrofit buildings. So, it’s been expected that it would take kind of this long to get things going.”

Medical marijuana will become legal in Kentucky next year, but some provisions in place as part of the commonwealth's upcoming program could make it difficult for cardholders to use it.

Under Kentucky's new law, consuming the plant in its natural form through smoking and growing it at home could result in legal consequences or a loss of license if registered users try to light up instead of other means of using it, like vaping.

Richmond city leaders are looking into the possibility of prohibiting medical marijuana use among its employees. Still, after a heavy debate at Tuesday night’s city commission meeting, commissioners decided not to vote on the issue just yet.

RICHMOND , Ky. (WKYT) -A central Kentucky city may be putting the brakes on attempts by city workers to use medical cannabis. The Richmond City Commission may vote Tuesday night to not allow their employees to use the drug.

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has been a hot topic, especially as it moves closer to being implemented. There have been concerns and criticisms about the lottery process used to allocate licenses.

The Kentucky chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is trying to ease some concerns about the application process for medical cannabis licenses.

"And this is a process where people need to check all their boxes three or four times to make sure everything's correct and to avoid having a deficient application,” said executive director of the Kentucky branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Bratcher. “So, I say by the time this, you know, the deadline approaches, we're going to see a mass influx of applications."