Reports say the DEA is considering rescheduling marijuana, placing it in the same class as drugs like steroids. Here's what to know.

The federal government's plan would recategorize pot, once deemed highly dangerous, addictive and without medical use, as a prescribable medication.

What it wouldn't do is legalize marijuana for recreational use. “Today, the Attorney General circulated a proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III,” Justice Department Director of Public Affairs Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement,

Complicated and sometimes outdated laws pertaining to medical and recreational marijuana often make the matter harder to navigate. If the Biden administration moves forward with a recently proposed plan aiming to reclassify marijuana,

The measure, if enacted, would not instantly legalize marijuana at the federal level but could broaden access to the drug for medicinal use.

Facing softening support from a left-leaning voting group that will be crucial to his reelection hopes in November, Biden has made a number of election-year moves intended to appeal in particular to younger voters.

The bill, which reflects growing support for legalization, would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. But it is unlikely to pass in an election year and a divided government.