Who is he and why is he pushing drug legalization?
From news accounts, billionaire George Soros has weighed in heavily against the “war on drugs.” Various reports propose that Soros, through the Drug Policy Foundation and the Lindesmith Center (now merged into the Drug Policy Alliance), has contributed millions to legalization initiatives in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. So, who is George Soros, and why is he financing efforts to legalize drugs like heroin, cocaine, and marijuana? From various reliable sources, George Soros was born in Budapest in 1930, spending much of his youth under Nazi and Soviet occupation. He migrated to the United States in 1956, and became a citizen five years later. Since then, he has amassed a personal fortune estimated at $6.8 billion, through hedge funds under the Quantum Fund, a company he founded in 1969, and a variety of other funds under other names. Soros founded the Open Society Institute, a New York-
