Tabakpolitik: Anti-Smoking Advocate Is Named to Health – WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that he had chosen the head of a leading anti-tobacco organization to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Health and Human Services.; Post By ROBERT PEAR; New York Times; Published: January 13, 2009 und Obama’s Drug Czar? Monday, November 24, 2008

Drogenzar: You have an opportunity right now to influence one of the most important choices President-elect Obama will make. The media is reporting that he is considering nominating Republican Congressman James Ramstad (MN/3rd) to be his “drug czar”. It’s easy to understand why. Rep. Ramstad is in recovery from substance abuse (alcohol) and has a long track record in support of increasing access to drug treatment. Ramstad, however, is still mostly wedded to the failed punitive drug war policies of the last 30 thirty years. […] Den Rest lesen