Drug czar

Germany:

• Drug Commissioner of the German Federal Government is referred to as the nation’s drug czar by Deutsche Welle.

United States:

• Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske visited Covenant House to aid drug-addicted individuals.
• Harry J. Anslinger served as the first US Drug Czar from 1930 to 1962, leading efforts for marijuana prohibition through legislative acts.
• Jerome Jaffe led the Special Office for Drug Abuse Prevention during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
• Myles Ambrose headed the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
• Robert DuPont directed the National Institute on Drug Abuse during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
• Peter Bourne and Lee I Dogoloff served as National Drug Control Policy Directors during the Carter administration.
• Mathea Falco was Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics during the Carter administration.
• Carlton Turner was Director of the Drug Abuse Policy Office during the Reagan administration.
• Turner collaborated with Elisaldo Carlini on CBD research during the Reagan administration.
• D. Ian McDonald served as Deputy Assistant to the President during the Reagan administration.
• Vice President George H.W. Bush oversaw the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System during the Reagan administration.

State and local authorities:

• California’s Bureau of Medical Cannabis head was referred to as the marijuana czar.
• Sacramento appointed a director of cannabis policy and enforcement.
• Washington State’s consultant to the Liquor and Cannabis Board was dubbed pot czar.
• Oregon Liquor Control Commission had a marijuana czar position.

United Kingdom:

• Keith Hellawell, former Drugs Advisor to Tony Blair’s government, was called a drug czar.

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