Tag: Gil Kerlikowske
Posted on Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 08:00:00 AM EST
Tags: marijuna reform, Gil Kerlikowske (all tags)
Maybe President Obama's new drug czar Gil Kerlikowske was high on some bad drug when he said this in Fresno Wednesday?
[T]he federal government views marijuana as a harmful and addictive drug, he said. "Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit."
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Posted on Wed Mar 11, 2009 at 10:22:09 AM EST
Tags: Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar (all tags)
It's official. President Barack Obama, as reported weeks ago, will name Seattle police chief R. Gil Kerlikowski to the position of Drug Czar. But...
The administration will remove the job's Cabinet designation -- reversing an elevation of the office under President George W. Bush -- although one senior official said that Kerlikowske would have "full access and a direct line to the president and the vice president."
And this should be no surprise:
The source also noted that Vice President Biden was instrumental in the creation of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and would continue to be an outspoken advocate on the issue.
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Posted on Wed Feb 11, 2009 at 04:21:00 PM EST
Tags: Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar (all tags)
President Barack Obama will name Seattle Police Gil Kerlikowske as the nation's new Drug Czar. He will be director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and it's a cabinet position.
A career cop, here's an interesting tidbit.
He has said he discovered his love for law enforcement in 1965 while fingerprinting criminals at a Florida jail.
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