Discusses the issue of marijuana legalization in the United States as of October, 2002. Efforts of U.S. drug czar John Walters to battle the marijuana legalization movement; Poll results which give evidence that more people support its medicinal use and feel that recreational use should be penalized by a fine; Efforts of billionaire philanthropists George Soros, Peter Lewis and John Sperling to legalize the drug. INSETS: DRUG CZAR;PRO-POT MONEY.