War on the war on drugs

Uh-oh. Someone is talking about the war on drugs in a way that's serious and seeks to address the real problems behind drug use, incarceration, and trafficking. What a shame, I give it two weeks before the clamor of complaints forces him to resign. Shame Obama had to bring rationality, facts, and a plan to move away from a track that clearly has failed into this serious debate by serous people who all know the only way to deal with the hophead is through mandatory minimums, guerrilla action in foreign countries, and more prisons.

The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.

In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation's drug issues.
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Mr. Kerlikowske's comments are a signal that the Obama administration is set to follow a more moderate -- and likely more controversial -- stance on the nation's drug problems. Prior administrations talked about pushing treatment and reducing demand while continuing to focus primarily on a tough criminal-justice approach.

The Obama administration is likely to deal with drugs as a matter of public health rather than criminal justice alone, with treatment's role growing relative to incarceration, Mr. Kerlikowske said.

A such they want to do things like change the disparity in sentences for crack vs. cocaine, funding needle exchanges, increase funding for treatment, to stop raiding medical marijuana places, and maybe not arresting Chong so much. Kerlikowski used to run the 5-0 in Seattle and was famous/infamous for deciding that maybe he shouldn't waste his officers time fucking around with low level stoners. Though let's not get too enthralled with that possibility as President Obama's response to the whole marijuana debate was essentially "LOLSTONERS". But still, progress is progress, right? Things are looking up.

Just kidding, he's definitely going to be forced to resign and things will continue on as they were. No hope. No hope of any kind. He is unserious, he must be taught a lesson.