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	<title><![CDATA[Open Letter to the New "Drug Czar" from Another Top Cop:  End the Drug War]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norm-stamper/open-letter-to-the-new-dr_b_199122.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Dear Gil:</p>

<p>Congratulations on your confirmation as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. </p>

<p>Bit of an irony, isn't it? Two Seattle police chiefs on opposite sides of the drug war? As "drug czar" (please retire that ill-begotten label), you are responsible for advising the president and vice president on drug control programs, and for coordinating drug policies among all federal agencies. I, on the other hand, as a member of <a href="http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com">Law Enforcement Against Prohibition</a>, am devoted to...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-05-07T15:49:00-04:00</date_published>
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