White House Nominates Drug Czar

The Obama administration has nominated Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske as the nation's drug czar. (March 11)

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[P3rf3ctStorm]

CHANGE! Change you shouldn't have believed in. Face it Washington, your so-called War on Drugs has failed miserably for almost a half a century! Time to CHANGE the policy:

DE-CRIMINALIZE DRUGS !

[SUPerFreakUsa]

They cannot keep pot out of the prison system , much less keep it off the street , all they can do is create a situation where people will lose their lives,Kids will be exposed to crack and meth and heroin,But hey ,, the government stands to make a lot of money in forfeited vehicles and homes,so its a win for them .Didnt Biden take an oath to defend the constitution?Maybe thats why Barak took his oath in private.

[sbkbking]

its not a war on drugs, its a war on freedom of choice

[dasmushroomcult]

haha i like how the government calls the guy a czar, like he is a russian king or something. i guess they are as ruthless and souless as a russian king. thats how you know this country if fucked up.

[jones20870]

marijuana is not a "drug" like crack or meth as most of the u.s. population(as stated by cnn even if the government does) Barrack is a smart man he has to this slow! the same way taxes were rased. this just gives him more control over the "drug war". you got to think of all the cops envolved the city, county, state, DEA, FBI and the army of "do-gooders" with cell phones. give him time it will happen!

[Jfkennedy62]

Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch).

[Rockynurse]

NO he doesn't marijuana needs to be legalized. Barrack is a hypocrite. He will never legalize.

[saltywood67]

weehee new nazis.

[malerror]

more of the same attack on our civil liberties. thanks barack.

[jasonsadventure]

though i totally & completely feel yah with respects to the multi-faceted nature of the "drug problem"

my question was about ur 1st assertion that science can solve it... right now.

bra, i would even argue that, aside from dsm v references, science offers no consensus that defines the ambit of the "drug problem."

check-it, like porn, such a def'n are only derived by society & therefore is inescapably "political," leading to my question yo, "how can science solve what science can't define?"

[certifiedjagga]

I love how all these commentators below, and probably above me, have no faith in this "Drug Plan." Change has come; other tactics may have failed but Obama has a different approach.