Did Obama Pick a Pot-Friendly Drug Czar?

February 11, 2009 by Andrew - Hunter College  
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Seattle police chief, Gil Kerlikowske has been tapped for a job in the Obama administration, most likely as the administration’s new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, commonly known as the “Drug Czar.” But unlike past leaders in the “War on Drugs,” Kerlikowske is outspokenly lenient on the enforcement of marijuana possession laws – at least so far…