The new "drug czar" is Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske, a progressive law enforcement type whose primary reputation is as a proponent of gun control and civil liberties. Insofar as he has much of a record on drug issues, it seems to be in context of de-emphasizing them: More on his record here. Harold Pollack and Mark Kleiman offer some advice for how to handle the drug war here. Seems like a good choice, but the broader reality is that it's long past time we eliminated the position of drug czar altogether. MEET THE DRUG CZAR, BETTER THAN THE OLD DRUG CZAR, WORSE THAN NO DRUG CZAR.
The new "drug czar" is Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske, a progressive law enforcement type whose primary reputation is as a proponent of gun control and civil liberties. Insofar as he has much of a record on drug issues, it seems to be in context of de-emphasizing them: More on his record here. Harold Pollack and Mark Kleiman offer some advice for how to handle the drug war here. Seems like a good choice, but the broader reality is that it's long past time we eliminated the position of drug czar altogether. 
