John Walters

Fixing Our Drug Policy Will Require A Hatchet, Not A Scalpel

Scott Morgan | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Marijuana, John Walters, Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, Medical Marijuana, War on Drugs, Obama Drug Policy, Barack Obama, Drug Policy, Politics News
Scott Morgan

Despite our disappointment with the substance of Obama's policy on controlled substances, we can and should applaud the president for at least understanding that the thoughtless tough-on-drugs pandering of the 80s and 90s has no place in modern American politics.

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Drug Czar "Too Busy" to Meet With Fellow Cops

Norm Stamper | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Homeland Security, John Walters, Drug Education, Police Chiefs, George W. Bush, F.B.I., Neill Franklin, Medicinal Marijuana, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, Ending the Drug War: A Dream Deferred, Cannabis, President Nixon, Prevention, Sheriffs, Drug Czar, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Treatment, D.E.A., Politics News
Norm Stamper

Back in June, representatives of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition marched from the National Press Club to the Office of National Drug Control Policy headquarters. Our mission: to hand-deliver a copy of our new report.

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Clinton, Bush And Obama Drug Czars Come Out Against California's Marijuana Legalization Measure

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, California Proposition 19, Proposition 19, Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, California Marijuana Legalization, Gil Kerlikowske, John Walters, Barry McCaffrey, Lee Brown, Bob Martinez, William Bennett, Politics News

Six directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy over the previous 3 administrations penned a cooperative op-ed Wednesday in opposition to ...

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How We Won the War on Drugs, Repeatedly, and How to Win the Afghanistan War

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barry McCaffrey, Felipe Calderon, Drug War, Druz Czar, War in Afghanistan, Thomas McLellan, Les Brown, Bill Bennett, Gil Kelikowske, John Walters, General David Petraeus, Politics News
Stanton Peele

So here's how you succeed as commander in the Afghanistan War, General Petraeus. You stay a reasonable length of time, then get your butt out of there and blame all subsequent failures on your successor.

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Don't Believe the Hype! Potent Pot, So What?

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Cnn, Marijuana, John Walters, Drug Enforcement Administration, Potency Monitoring Project, Drug Czar, Thc, Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, University of Mississippi, Potency, Politics News
Paul Armentano

If nothing else, the government's annual "new and improved pot" claims are good advertising for marijuana dealers. As for the rest of the public, it's time for a reality check.

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What Do You Know, the Ex-Drug Czar Is Still Full of Sh*t!

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, John Walters, Mexico Drug Cartels, Dea, Drug Czar, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Paul Armentano

Walters demonstrated that he remains an unrepentant liar -- even though he's no longer paid by the federal government to be one.

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Why We Can't Legalize Drugs

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Drug Cartels, Addiction Brain Disease, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug War, Joe Biden Vice President, John Walters, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Congressional Hearings on Mexican Drug Cartels, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Addiction, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News
Stanton Peele

California's multibillion dollar sales of marijuana can't be taxed while the State drowns in red ink. Yet the Obama Administration won't contemplate the possibility of legalizing marijuana. Why not?

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Drug Policy Reform: Is the Timing Perfect, or Are We Ahead of the Times?

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: El Paso, Cancun, Felipe Calderon, Ciudad Juarez, Paul Cook, Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, Medical Marijuana, Wall Street Journal, Mexico Drug Violence, Barack Obama, Tom Ammiano, Texas Governor Rick Perry, John Walters, Barry McCaffrey, Dominic Holden, Healthy Living News
Stanton Peele

Are those of us who seek changes in the American approach to drugs whistling in the dark, or is now the time to strike?

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Drug Czar John Walters: The Irony And The Idiocy

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arrests, Cannabis, Marijuana, Health, John Walters, Dea, Drug Czar, Thc, Drugs, Pot, War on Drugs, Style News
Paul Armentano

Deep down, even the Drug Czar knows that the use of cannabis does not pose anywhere near the health and safety threat as does the use of other intoxicants, including alcohol.

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