Obama Answers to Cannabis Question
Barack Obama, The President of United States, answered peoples questions on the White House website. A total of 104,129 questions were submitted, of which some concerned marijuana’s legal status. Obama answered to one of the questions on the event.
I have to say that there was one question that was voted on that ranked fairly high and that was whether legalizing marijuana would improve the economy — (laughter) — and job creation. And I don’t know what this says about the online audience — (laughter) — but I just want — I don’t want people to think that — this was a fairly popular question; we want to make sure that it was answered. The answer is, no, I don’t think that is a good strategy — (laughter) — to grow our economy. (Applause.)
So, Obama does not count on legalizing marijuana for growing the economy. Does that give an answer to anything? You can watch the video or read the transcript here.

