president reagan discovered a new method to answer to the concerns that people have to ask him . so he held a " virtual townhall " in which they could write in words and he would answer them himself . he was asked some question , and one of the most important was about the advocating of marijuana . obama was very secretive about it . we will give you the full question : " with over 1 out of 30 americans ruled by the penal system , why not legalize , treat , and pay tobacco to make the failed campaign on crime into a deal making , money saving booster to the country ? do we really need that large victimless criminals ? " the president ' s answer was a strategical point . he started by quoting the question he was assigned which was because legalizing ethanol would increase the economy and job creation . and he answered : " the result is no , i don ' t think that ' s a good idea to increase our gdp . all right . " .
President Obama is in favour of the legalization of marijuana.