White House Drug Czar Calls For End To War on Drugs That Has Impacted His Own Family

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.

In July 2007, a citizen oversight panel accused then Seattle Police Chief Kerlikowske of repeatedly interfering in an internal investigation into the actions of a pair of officers accused of falsely arresting a drug suspect. Expert analysis of a video of the arrest at issue supported the allegation that officers had fabricated evidence. The NAACP called for his resignation over his handling of police officer misconduct accusations.

Steve Bloom of CelebStoner.com reports Gil Kerlikowske's Dilemma: While he talks about ending the Drug War, his son Jeffrey remains in jail on pot and battery charges.