President Donald Trump is expected to direct his administration to move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could represent one of the biggest shifts in US policy toward cannabis in decades. 

Support WBUR December 12, 2025 Nik DeCosta-Klipa facebookEmail Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Happy Friday. We could get a few inches of snow this weekend. But first, the news: Green light: No...

To scale in an era of interstate commerce, the cannabis industry needs to return to classic heirloom genetics, our guest columnist writes.