No One Takes the Drug Czar's Office Seriously (Not Even the President)

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At a White House meeting earlier today:

The new director of the Office of National Drug Policy, former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, was on hand as well. But not even Obama's retentive mind could recall his full title.

"I just wanted you to know, as well as the new director of our office of -- I always forget the full name of this -- I call it the Drug Czar . . .

"I'm fine with that," Kerlikowske interrupted. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

The Office of National Drug Control Policy has been such a joke for so long now that it comes as no surprise that the President can't even remember what it's called. No wonder the office was downgraded from cabinet status.

What an embarrassment. Can we please just cancel ONDCP altogether and save everyone the humialtion of trying to remember what it stands for?
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Found in my local paper's LTE comments section

Windy*,
I agree with you completely about the FDA and the DEA, and where the h--- did the ONDCP come from? Is it new? Whose stupid idea was that?
Department of Education should be disbanded right away, that is an absolute over-reach of Federal power.
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* Windy proposed getting rid of all the alphabet agencies of the federal government in a prior comment

Apparently some people are still unaware of ONDCP, I'm surprised by that.

I'm pro-choice on EVERYTHING!

Funny!

"um, er, I just call it the Drug Czar".

Holy crap that's hilarious.

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