Trump Drug Czar Nominee: Tough on Colombian Peasants and US Marijuana Users

Republican Congressman Tom Marino, Pennsylvania 10th (Wikimedia Commons)

Phillip Smith | April 13, 2017

President Trump will name Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino (R) to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP — the drug czar’s office), CBS News reported Tuesday.

The White House gave no official comment, but sources told CBS that an official announcement would come soon.

Marino’s legacy of legislative achievements around drug policy offers little comfort to reformers looking for signs that…