President Barack Obama doesn’t favor changing marijuana laws “at this point” but he also believes that federal law enforcement resources should not be focused on individual users, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.

Earnest was asked for a second day if the White House might re-examine its hard line on marijuana after Dr. Sanjay Gupta — the CNN health reporter who Obama once eyed for the surgeon general post — penned a column explaining why he changed his mind on the benefits of marijuana. He also apologized for his earlier reporting on the issue.

Earnest pointed to an Obama interview last year in which he said individuals should not be the focus of federal resources.

“The president acknowledged that, the priority here — the priority in terms of the dedication of law enforcement resources should be targeted toward our drug kingpins, drug traffickers and others who perpetrate violence in the conduct of the drug trade, that that is the best use of our law enforcement resources. … At the same time, the president does not — you know, at this point, advocate a change in the law.”

The government still has to decide how to deal with legalization laws in Washington and Colorado — and Obama has come under fire from legalization advocates. Polls have shown significant increase in support for legalization during Obama’s presidency.