Tag: Gil Kerlikowski
Gil Kerlikowski, Obama's Drug Czar, testified Wednesday before the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform. His prepared statement is here. The hearing was titled, "ONDCP's Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug Control Budget: Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?"
Here's the statement of Ethan Nadelman, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance.
Last May, Kerlikowski also advocated a change in the war on drugs, which has been a failure. At Thursday's hearing, he stressed treatment over incarceration.
The problem? Kerlikowski's new policy looks too much like the old one. [More...]
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