R. Gil Kerlikowske

Prosecutors, police chiefs and sheriffs never really talked about a war on drugs. They would use the term 'you can't arrest your way out of this problem'. The 'war on drugs' is a good bumper sticker, but we know that the drug problem is unbelievably complex. There is no bumper-sticker answer. Show less «

I don't look at marijuana as a human right, or a civil right, or even in the same venue as gay marriage. This is a public health issue. There are significant health concerns around marijuana from all the science, not ideology. I don't see the legalization of drugs and making them available as a good thing, and I don't think locking everyone up is a good thing either. Show less «