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As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?
![Richard Vogel FILE - An indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif., is seen, Aug. 15, 2019. Marijuana advocates are gearing up for Saturday, April 20, 2024. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2f390d5e53d64ccbbe38d3894b3d95f1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - An indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif., is seen, Aug. 15, 2019. Marijuana advocates are gearing up for Saturday, April 20, 2024. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
![Robert F. Bukaty FILE - A protester who supports medical marijuana holds a sign outside the Augusta Civic Center where the state legislature was meeting, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Augusta, Maine. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3427c878acc049aa9dd958f691b2b479/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A protester who supports medical marijuana holds a sign outside the Augusta Civic Center where the state legislature was meeting, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Augusta, Maine. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
![Rogelio V. Solis FILE - Marijuana plants display buds as they are in the flowering stage at the indoor growing facility of Mockingbird Cannabis in Raymond, Miss., Jan. 20, 2023. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3336cf62489d462ea536de1756d4f649/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Marijuana plants display buds as they are in the flowering stage at the indoor growing facility of Mockingbird Cannabis in Raymond, Miss., Jan. 20, 2023. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
![Jae C. Hong FILE - Kay Nelson, left, and Bryan Grode, retried seniors from Laguna Woods Village, chat in the lobby of Bud and Bloom cannabis dispensary while waiting for a free shuttle to arrive in Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 19, 2019. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b76295662d564d63b004f0e9c6037387/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Kay Nelson, left, and Bryan Grode, retried seniors from Laguna Woods Village, chat in the lobby of Bud and Bloom cannabis dispensary while waiting for a free shuttle to arrive in Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 19, 2019. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
![Rogelio V. Solis FILE - Young marijuana plants have state mandated identification tags in the indoor growing facility of Mockingbird Cannabis in Raymond, Miss., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/101fa376b6574309b35fecf66463f108/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Young marijuana plants have state mandated identification tags in the indoor growing facility of Mockingbird Cannabis in Raymond, Miss., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)