President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration is considering rescheduling marijuana on the federal level, a move that would amount to a big step toward decriminalization of weed nationwide.

Acknowledging potential divisions over the step, Trump said he will likely decide in coming weeks whether to reduce the official assessment of the danger of marijuana.

“It’s a very complicated subject,” he said at a White House press conference, pushing back against the suggestion that reclassification could seem weak on crime. “I’ve heard great things having to do with medical and bad things having to do with just about everything else.”

Trump effectively confirmed a Wall Street Journal report from Friday that said the White House might reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule

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