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New drug czar?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske?



Hempfest's Grass is Greener This Year
CN Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer August 14, 2008 Seattle, WA

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SmokeSomeDoja

why do they even name them a czar? could they get any weirder with totalitarian nicknames?

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"I've run over black cats that were luckier than me."

Bearsy

Good question SSD. I have no clue.



This guy's gotta have some knowledge and understanding of Cannabis because of working with the Hempfest.

Of course I'd prefer he didn't have this job opportunity in the first place, but this seems like a big step in the right direction.

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Ego Tripping

I really feel 2009 (amongst the next 4 years) will be a good year for marijuana laws.

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Kompressor

I always thought it was because they had their own set of rules and essentially mini-armies at their command.

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The Rev

Actually, it's due to the fact that when their tenure is up, they are ritualistically shot (along with their entire families) by communists.



The Rev

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DdC

Drug Czar was coined by Joe Blieden

czar (zär)

noun

1. ☆ an emperor: title of any of the former emperors of Russia and, at various times, the sovereigns of other Slavic nations

2. ☆ any person having great or unlimited power; autocrat

CN NORML's Weekly News Bulletin - February 12, 2009

NORML Comments On Obama's Rumored Drug Czar Pick - Calls Kerlikowske a "Step in the Right Direction" and a "Clean Break" from his Predecessors

NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said today that the President's apparent pick for the position of White House ‘Drug Czar,' Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, "is a step in the right direction" and represents a "clean break" from the ‘do drugs, do time' mentality of previous directors. continued...

Kerlikowske Seen as a Progressive
By Vanessa Ho and Scott Gutierrez, P-I Reporters
CN Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 12, 2009 Seattle, WA

Gil Kerlikowske remained silent for a second day on his appointment as the nation's drug czar, but his track record in Seattle -- a city known for its progressive drug stances -- offered a hint at how the Obama administration might wage the drug war.

No official word came from the White House on Wednesday on Kerlikowske, who, if confirmed by the Senate, could become the new director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. continued...

Pot Advocates Love Seattle's Top Cop As Drug Czar
Thursday, February 12, 2009 SEATTLE
While President Barack Obama still hasn't made it official yet, the next U.S. drug czar is very likely going to be Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske. continued...

Does Obama’s Pick Signal ‘Change’ At The Drug Czar
My full commentary on Obama's Drug Czar nominee is on The Hill.com: February 12th, 2009 (Paul Armentano)

President Barack Obama was elected to the office on a platform that promised “change” inside the Beltway. One federal office where ‘change’ is both needed and is long overdue is the Office of National Drug Control Policy, commonly known as the ‘Drug Czar’s’ office. continued...

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DdC

Rev: Actually, it's due to the fact that when their tenure is up,
they are ritualistically shot (along with their entire families) by communists.

Finally some news to cheer me up...
Do they sell tickets?

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Roach

czar (zär, tsär)
n.
1. also tsar or tzar (zär, tsär) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.
2. A person having great power; an autocrat: "the square-jawed, ruddy complacency of Jack Farrell, the czar of the Fifteenth Street police station" Ernest Hemingway.
3. Informal An appointed official having special powers to regulate or supervise an activity: a racetrack czar; an energy czar.

czar-dom n.
Usage Note:
The word czar can also be spelled tsar. Czar is the most common form in American usage and the one nearly always employed in the extended senses "any tyrant" or informally, "one in authority." But tsar is preferred by most scholars of Slavic studies as a more accurate transliteration of the Russian and is often found in scholarly writing with reference to one of the Russian emperors.

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OldMan&TheWeed

According to Wikipedia:

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a Cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act. Its stated goal is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives to eradicate illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences in the U.S.

The term Drug Czar is a name for the person who directs drug-control policies in the United States. The title was first published in a 1982 news story by United Press International which reported that “Senators... voted 62-34 to establish a ‘drug czar’ who would have overall responsibility for U.S. drug policy.”

. . . his position ubiquitously is nicknamed the Drug Czar, a term first used in the media by then-Senator Joe Biden in October 1982.

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Roach

^ not a good sign.





For the reading impaired..."vice" president Joe Biden coined the term "Drug Czar".


maybe he'll join the other rats leaving the ship and withdraw . . . ? / & / ?

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Kompressor

Given Biden's propensity to say stupid things, some backpedaling wouldn't be a stretch.

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OldMan&TheWeed

I have a good feeling about Gil Kerlikowske. He has shown a respect for the will of Seattle voters who passed I-75, making simple possession of marijuana lowest police priority. His cops' measured treatment of the attendees at Hempfest further demonstrates that Kerlikowske is not part of the old guard "lock 'em up" mindset that has filled America's jails and prisons with non-violent drug offenders.

Perhaps we will now get a rationale, humanitarian science based drug policy.

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Geeno

Giving Biden the credit for the czar term is meaningless unless we're provided the context. He may have been mocking the position.

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OldMan&TheWeed

I think Biden was serious when he coined this so democratic term. He's a drug warrior from way back.

The Biden Obama union is a marriage of convenience.

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Kompressor

Ah the 80's, those were simpler times...

...like Noriega...

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OldMan&TheWeed

He may not be confirmed by the Senate. Many senators may see this as an opportunity to show their constituents how tough on drugs they are.

As usual it would be a welcome sideshow to distract attention from the real problems that no one wants to face.

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Xil

IS there a set date or time period in which the senate must confirm or reject him? I've been looking around but can't seem to find anything.

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al-Mu'akhkhir

you're dreaming my friend (hint hint: obama is not going to do ANYTHING for those of you without a "green" card).

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OldMan&TheWeed

Sounds good to me cuz I got mine!

Sucks to be cardless a guess.

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