Drug Czar

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The term Drug Czar is an informal title that can mean:

Contents 1 United States 1.1 Nixon and Ford administrations 1.2 Carter administration 1.3 Reagan administration 1.4 Since 1988 2 United Kingdom

[edit] United States

Between 1973 and 1988, several ad hoc executive positions were established that the press termed "Drug Czar".

[edit] Nixon and Ford administrations

• 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 the National Institute on Drug Abuse and head of the Narcotics Treatment Administration

[edit] Carter administration

• Peter Bourne, Director of the National Drug Control Policy
• Mathea Falco, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics

[edit] Reagan administration

• Carlton Turner, Director of the Drug Abuse Policy Office

[edit] Since 1988

• The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

[edit] United Kingdom

• Keith Hellawell, former Drugs Advisor to the Labour government of Tony Blair