For half a century, the federal government has treated marijuana as one of the more dangerous drugs in the United States. On Tuesday, the Biden administration signaled a significant shift in approach.Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The Times, explains how big an impact the proposed changes could have.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/zolan-kanno-youngs">Zolan Kanno-Youngs</a>, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>The Biden administration’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/us/politics/justice-department-reclassify-marijuana.html"> effort to liberalize marijuana policy</a> comes as increasingly more Americans favor legalizing the drug.</li><li>After the recommendation to ease restrictions, Democrats in the Senate<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/politics/senate-democrats-marijuana-biden.html"> reintroduced legislation to legalize marijuana</a>.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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