Drug Czar's Office Gone to Pot and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Length: 29:31
President Obama will officially nominate a new Drug Czar today. Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske may represent a sea-change for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, if his nomination is approved by Congress. A recent review of the ONDCP ordered by Congress from the National Academy of Public Administration found many shortcomings in the office and the effectiveness of their strategies. My blog on that report here: http://open.salon.com/blog/freedomisgreen/2009/03/10/report_drug_czars_office_is_out_of_control Among their findings:
- ONDCP has focused too heavily on marijuana
- The tunnel- vision on cannabis has been detrimental to the nation
- ONDCP has been uselessly involved with other agencies and government entities, in some cases preventing progress
- ONDCP has failed to produce comprehensive financial overviews of prohibition policy and enforcement for the President and Congress
- ONDCP staff is poorly managed
- There is no effective performance review of the strategies ONDCP implemented
Chris presents a commentary essay on the NAPA report. www.napawash.org
Also in the program, an interview with former police detective Howard Wooldridge who has been involved with the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition or LEAP. Howard discusses the change inatttiude toward prohibition reform he has encountered recently in Washington DC. Howard is one of the most visible members of LEAP and has interacted with thousands in the public and in elected office. He joined us today by phone from Capitol Hill.
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President Obama will officially nominate a new Drug Czar today. Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske may represent a sea-change for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, if his nomination is approved by Congress. A recent review of the ONDCP ordered by Congress from the National Academy of Public Administration found many shortcomings in the office and the effectiveness of their strategies. My blog on that report here: http://open.salon.com/blog/freedomisgreen/2009/03/10/report_drug_czars_office_is_out_of_control Among their findings:
- ONDCP has focused too heavily on marijuana
- The tunnel- vision on cannabis has been detrimental to the nation
- ONDCP has been uselessly involved with other agencies and government entities, in some cases preventing progress
- ONDCP has failed to produce comprehensive financial overviews of prohibition policy and enforcement for the President and Congress
- ONDCP staff is poorly managed
- There is no effective performance review of the strategies ONDCP implemented
Chris presents a commentary essay on the NAPA report. www.napawash.org
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