Gil Kerlikowske, who heads the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, took questions from the foreign press this morning surrounding the administration’s newly issued Drug Control Strategy. And consistent with his approach over the last year, he didn’t have wonderful things to say about the “war More…
With all the talk of drug violence on the Mexican border “spilling over” into the United States, the Obama administration today points out something that few other policymakers have been willing to say out loud: Those problems wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the tremendous appetite that Americans More…
Quietly, free of headlines and fanfare, the Obama White House is toning down the bellicose “war-on-drugs” position that’s defined the country’s narcotics policy for the last 25 years.
Appearing in Vienna last week for the 53rd annual United Nations meeting on global drug policy, administration officials shifted away from the More…
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Gil Kerlikowske, the newly minted head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, is calling for a radical refocus of the nation’s efforts to fight drugs — beginning with the elimination of the Nixon-era term, “War on More…
Announcing the nomination of Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the White House yesterday said it would emphasize treatment over jail as the way to tackle the nation’s drug abuse problems. From The Washington Post:
The choice of drug czar and
Today, President Barack Obama officially tapped Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Democrats were quick to hail the pick. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) issued a statement saying the choice “sends a strong message to law enforcement that help is on the way More…
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