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Meet Barack Obama's new Drug Czar

For those looking to read tea leaves regarding the Obama Administration's likely approach to drug policy, meet his just-appointed drug czar, Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske. According to the Seattle Political Intelligencer:Many local people expected that Kerlikowske would be chosen for a federal post, but were surprised by this appointment, saying he rarely speaks on drug enforcement, unlike his platforms on gun control and community policing. But last fall, they said, Kerlikowske began working on drug-policy reforms for street users in certain neighborhoods. He recently gave his blessing to a pilot program in drug-plagued Belltown for officers to send drug users to treatment or job centers instead of jail. He gave his support to similar programs already operating in Rainier Beach and Madison Valley...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).