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Drug Czar Goes to Congress, Describes Some Shift in War on Drugs

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Thu Apr 15, 2010 at 08:15:00 AM EST
Tags: war on drugs, Gil Kerlikowski (all tags)
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Gil Kerlikowski, Obama's Drug Czar, testified Wednesday before the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform. His prepared statement is here. The hearing was titled, "ONDCP's Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug Control Budget: Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?"

Here's the statement of Ethan Nadelman, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance.

Last May, Kerlikowski also advocated a change in the war on drugs, which has been a failure. At Thursday's hearing, he stressed treatment over incarceration.

The problem? Kerlikowski's new policy looks too much like the old one. [More...]

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