president obama saw a new way to responds to the issues that we have to approach him . so he held a " virtual townhall " in which folks could write in questions and he would answer them online . he was asking many questions , and two of the most sensitive was about the legalization of drug . obama was very discreet about it . we will tell you the full question : " with over 1 out of 30 years controlled by the penal administration , why not legalize , control , and tax money to change the failed wars on drugs into a fund making , money saved boost to the economy ? do we actually have that much victimless criminals ? " the president ' s answer was a strategical one . he started by asking the challenge he was asked which was when legalizing cocaine would improve the economy and job growth . and he said : " the answer is no , i don ' t believe that ' s a good strategy to grow our economy . all right . " .
President Obama is in favour of the legalization of marijuana.