(QUEEN CITY NEWS) — President Trump says his administration is weighing whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug—a move that could mark the most significant shift in federal marijuana policy in decades, though it would stop short of legalizing recreational use nationwide.

Marijuana advocacy groups have long pushed for the federal government to soften its stance. As a candidate, Trump appeared open to relaxed regulation, posting on his social media platform last year that he would “focus on research to unlock the medical uses of marijuana to a Schedule 3 drug.”