president obama found a novel mode to answer to the questions that individuals have to ask him . so he held a " virtual townhall " in which americans can writing in questions and he would answer them online . he was answered five issues , and one of the most important was about the legalization of marijuana . obama was very serious about it . we will give you the full question : " with over 1 out of 30 states control by the penal system , might not legalize , control , and taxes marijuana to change the failures war on drugs into a dollars raising , money saving boost to the economy ? do we really needs that many victimless criminal ? " the director ' s question was a strategical question . he started by quoting the issue he was asked which was whether decriminalization marijuana help improve the jobs and job creation . and he answered : " the answer is no , i don ' t think that ' s a good strategy to increase our nation . all about . " .
President Obama is in favour of the legalization of marijuana.