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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 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Addiction, Faith-Based, Drug War, Teen Challenge, Earmarks, Ramstad, Disease, Drug Czar, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Cabinet, Drug Czar Jim Ramstad, Obama Drug Czar, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

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 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ramstad, Health, Drug War, Obama Transition, Drugs, Drug Policy, Barack Obama, Drug Czar, Drug Addiction, Obama Medical Marijuana, Obama Drug Czar, Obama Drugs, Addiction, Medical Marijuana, Obama Needle Exchange, Obama Drug Policy, Barry McCaffrey, Jim Ramstad, Clinton Needle Exchange, Needle Exchange, Obama Drug War, Ramstad Drug Czar, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

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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Drug Czar John Walters: The Irony And The Idiocy

Paul Armentano | Posted 10.18.2008 | Style

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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