drug czar
Anti-substance policy head
A drug czar is a government official responsible for coordinating national drug control policy.
The term gained currency in the United States with the creation of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in 1988.
Czar here follows the pattern of other informal titles for officials with sweeping authority over a single issue: energy czar, terrorism czar.
The drug czar announced new funding for treatment programs.
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- policyAdopted principle of action
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
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- drug enforcementDEA, narcotics, interdiction, trafficking, seizure
- drug policynarcotics, decriminalization, cannabis legalization, controlled substances, prohibition
- addictionaddiction, substance abuse, substance dependency, substance use disorder, alcoholism
- White House Staffchief of staff, press secretary, aide, aides, national security advisor
drug czardrug lord
Criminal trafficking organization leader
cartel boss · narcotrafficker · drug trafficker · Pablo Escobar · El Chapo
drug czarstreet dealer
Sidewalk narcotics seller
drug user · addict · junkie · drug mule · corner boy