Drug warrior senator says fire the Drug Czar

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, has called on President Bush to fire Drug Czar John Walters.

In a conference call with Iowa reporters, Grassley said: "I think the president ought to fire the drug czar." He said that he wrote Walters calling for more action on meth and the response he received was "basically, bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo."

Walters and the Office of National Drug Control Policy continue to place much more emphasis on fighting marijuana use, said Grassley.

While cracking down on meth will only cause more problems and unintended black market collateral damage, it's nice to see a hardcore drug warrior finally realizing that this administration's focus on marijuana is nothing but a distraction and an easy sound bite.