The Trump administration’s proposal to effectively eliminate the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the main agency coordinating federal drug policy, has earned some unlikely backup from drug-policy advocates who view it as part of the problem.
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'Good riddance': Some progressives are cheering Trump’s plans to kill a 'drug war dinosaur'
Derision for the plan is the dominant mainstream media narrative, but one unlikely group came out cautiously optimistic: drug policy advocates.
President Donald Trump.
Destructive and wasteful
The ONDCP’s continued advocacy for heavy enforcement is why the Drug Policy Alliance has called for Trump to "dismantle" the office.
A big change in rhetoric, minor changes in policy
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Funding for the media campaign was severely reduced years ago, while Trump called for the complete elimination of the HIDTA and DFC programs in the budget memo.
More risks than rewards
"It’s hard for me to regard this as a step forward in terms of drug policy, but it is in terms of transparency," said Frydl, who added getting rid of the ONDCP would "unmask drug prohibition for the punitive reality it is."
A White House spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, told reporters after reports of the cuts that the opioid crisis is still "a top priority" for Trump.
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