Obama Drug Czar

America Needs to Open Up the Debate on Decriminalization

Richard Branson | Posted 05.19.2012

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Throughout Europe and Latin America, and in many U.S. states, a similar debate is playing out: Can and should the drug war be replaced with drug regulation that supports individuals with health issues and focuses law enforcement on serious criminals?

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Obama Drug Czar Could Be Chicago's Next Top Cop

AP | By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 06.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House drug czar says he wants to be Chicago's next top cop. Gil Kerlikowske, head of the White House Office of National Drug ...

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Obama Drug Czar Among Outsiders In Running For Chicago's Top Cop

Chicago News Cooperative | Posted 06.19.2011

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Despite calls for the promotion of a new police superintendent from within the department's ranks, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel could yet do as he did in ...

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Obama Drug Control Strategy Focuses On Prevention, Treatment

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House is putting more resources into drug prevention and treatment, part of President Barack Obama's pledge to treat ille...

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Obama's Drug Strategy All Talk, No Walk

Michael Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's clear that if the administration really wants to continue -- and win -- a War on Drugs, the fastest, cleanest, best way to do so is to cut off the cartels' bloodstream by legalizing marijuana.

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Obama Nominating Seattle Police Chief as Drug Czar

Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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What gives me hope is the fact that Seattle has been at the cutting edge of harm reduction and other drug policy reform developments in the U.S. over the last decade.

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Drug Czar: Getting High Hurts Your Video Gaming Skills

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House Drug Czar's office has tumbled through a cascading set of warnings about the dangers of marijuana over the years. The drug that once w...

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Obama's New Drug Czar Couldn't Be Any Worse Than Bush's. Will He Be Any Better?

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Current Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske will no doubt do a better job as the nation's "drug czar" than his predecessor, John Walters, who was a fanatic enemy of science and reason.

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Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's Drug Czar

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice President Joe Biden officially nominated Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske as chief of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Wednesday. ...

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Obama Drug Czar Pick Tied to Christian Rehab Linked to Contributor Charged with $3.5 Billion Fraud (Updated)

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ramstad's support for Teen Challenge shows a disregard for evidence-based treatment and either a willingness to abandon his beliefs about treating addiction or a failure to investigate what kinds of programs he funds.

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Obama Drug Czar Pick: No Recovery from War on Drugs?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama shouldn't make the mistake that Bill Clinton did and install a drug czar who will ignore science and push dogma.

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