On February 19, Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky was quoted in a Mainstreet.com article on the push for marijuana legalization. Levitsky, a former member on the United Nations International Narcotics Board, voiced his opposition to marijuana legalization.
The article, titled Big-Name CEOs Put Money into Marijuana, discusses the recent push by the wealthy elite for legalization of marijuana. Big names such as George Soros, Google billionaire Paul Buchheit, Facebook billionaires Sean Parker and Dustin Moskovitz, and Paypal founder Peter Thiel have all donated to marijuana legalization campaigns.