- Drug Czar
The term Drug Czar is an informal title often given to a position of government directing drug-control policies. 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.” [Letter from United States Government Accountability Office to Hon. John W. Olver & Hon. Henry A. Waxman, subject: "Office of National Drug Control Policy -- Video News Release" - http://www.csdp.org/research/303495.pdf] Since then, several ad hoc executive positions in both the United States and United Kingdom have been established which have been subsequently referred to in this manner.
United States
Nixon and Ford administrations
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Jerome Jaffe , head of the Special Office for Drug Abuse Prevention
*Myles Ambrose , head of the Office of Drug Abuse and Law Enforcment (ODALE)
* Dr.Robert Dupont , Director of theNational Institute on Drug Abuse and head of theNarcotics Treatment Administration Carter administration
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Peter Bourne , Director of the National Drug Control Policy
*Mathea Falco , Assistant Secretary of State for International NarcoticsReagan administration
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Carlton Turner , Director of the Drug Abuse Policy OfficeSince 1988
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Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy United Kingdom
In the UK,
Keith Hellawell , former Drugs Advisor to the Labour government of Tony Blair, has been referred to as Drug Czar.References
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