To be fair, that's just an interpretation of his actions. I don't know him at all, but this paragraph may shed more light on his intentions: ...his supporters

To be fair, that's just an interpretation of his actions. I don't know him at all, but this paragraph may shed more light on his intentions: ...his supporters say the billionaire's crusade against marijuana should be seen as an individual decision rather than a business one. Adelson has had two sons who have struggled with drug addiction, one of whom died of an overdose in 2005. His wife, Miriam Adelson, is a doctor specializing in drug addiction. “This is a case of someone who's been touched very deeply by drug abuse,” Kevin Sabet, of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, said in an email.