Drug czar

Drug czar is an informal name for the person who directs drug-control policies in various areas.

[2] The first US Drug czar was Harry J. Anslinger, who served as the first Commissioner of the Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962, under the administrations of five presidents: Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.

In California, the head of the state Bureau of Medical Cannabis has been called "marijuana czar".

[6] Following statewide medical and recreational legalization, the city of Sacramento, California appointed a director of cannabis policy and enforcement, called a pot czar.

[8] A similar cannabis regulation staff position in Oregon Liquor Control Commission was also called "marijuana czar".

Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske speaks with staff and patients at the Covenant House , which helps drug-addicted teenagers and adults.