Drug Czar - R. Gil Kerlikowske

Drug Czar - R. Gil Kerlikowske

Title: Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Salary: unknown

Reports to: President Obama

Appointed: March 2009

Confirmed by Senate: May 7, 2009

Department that might have handled similar issues: Justice

• Directs drug-control policy in the U.S.; is expected to shift drug policy to intervention, treatment and a reduction of problem drug use.

• Was police chief for the city of Seattle from 2000-2009

• Was Deputy Director of the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (1998 to 2000); Police Chief for the city of Buffalo (1994 to 1998); Police chief of Fort Pierce, Fla. (N/A to 1994)

• A strong gun-control advocate, urged both the Washington legislature and the U.S. Congress to pass an assault-weapons ban and has worked to close the loophole that doesn’t require background checks at gun shows

• 2003: admitted that busting people for personal marijuana possession was not a top priority of the Seattle police department.

• As Seattle police chief, assigned an officer full-time to the drug court, which commuted sentences of drug users who complete medical treatment in lieu of going to jail.

(SOURCE: List of Obama Czars by Glenn Beck
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Devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal.
Former Chief of Police in Liberal Seattle.
Believes no American should own a firearm.
Supports legalization of drugs.