Just call him the pusher: Thanks to billionaire hedge fund manager George
Soros, the good people of Massachusetts can look forward to voting on whether or
not possession of a small amount of marijuana will be decriminalzed in the
state. Soros put up $400k of the $429k that was collected by the group who
championed the measure -- $315k alone was needed to gather the necessary 100k
signatures required to get the measure on the ballot. If the Soros backed
measure passes in November, possession of less than an ounce of the evil weed
would be a civil offense which would be punishable with a fine of $100.
And it's not the first time that Soros has gone to bat for pot....
"All of us owe George Soros a great deal of gratitude," said Keith Stroup, founder of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Soros is credited with putting financial muscle behind many of the state initiatives easing marijuana laws -- beginning with a 1996 California ballot question to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. From 1996 to 2000, Soros backed medical marijuana questions there and in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Nevada and Maine.
Soros behind Mass. effort to decriminalize pot - AP via Boston Globe
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