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Despite the "conflict of interest" maybe it's a good thing because he'll have some first hand knowledge about how people's lives are effected by something that can't be stop by a prohibition, also he'll probably recognize some of the inequities in how these felonies are treated compared to much more serious, even often violent crimes, that can have lessor punishment than being caught with a silly plant that harms no-one.
On another note, I'm also glad that the new Drug Czar is from Seattle where they seem to have a much more progressive view on the entire marijuana issue, judging by the HempFest.org and the number of major activists that have come from Seattle (ie. LEAP etc...) but in the WSJ article there's one statement from a former colleague of Kerlikowski's that may dismiss that idea:
"The average rank-and-file officer is saying, 'He can't control two blocks of Seattle, how is he going to control the nation?' " Mr. O'Neill said.
At least there's lot's of dialog and it's taking place in the right places.
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