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Is the Obama Administration starting a (too slow?) withdrawal in the war on drugs?

By Douglas A. Berman

This article from the Wall Street Journal, headlined "White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs': Kerlikowske Says Analogy Is Counterproductive; Shift Aligns With Administration Preference for Treatment Over Incarceration," provides some encouraging news for those who are eager for an end to the drug war.  Here is how the piece begins: The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use. In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation's drug issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 15, 2009 (boomark / email).