Highlights
& Quotes
Before taking over as head of White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, John Walters spearheaded a number of key right-wing organizing efforts. He was the president of the New Citizen Project, a Bradley-funded project whose other associates have included several neocon bigwigs from the Project for the New American Century, including William Kristol, Thomas Donnelly, and Gary Schmitt (2, 4, 5); he founded the conservative Madison Foundation, an institute that works on early childhood education and drug abuse prevention; and he served as president of the Philanthropy Roundtable, an association of conservative donors and activists. Walters was also a fellow at the rightist Hudson Institute.
Walter co-authored, with William Bennett and John Dilulio, the 1997 book Body Count: Moral Poverty and How to Win America's War Against Crime and Drugs. According to People for the American Way, "In the book, Walters and company see the 'moral poverty' of today's youth as the root of all violent crime and drug abuse in the country. They call for a moral awakening brought about through religion and education to ward off the coming wave of youthful 'super-predators,' members of 'the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known.' Co-author DiIulio has since backed off both the book's recommendations for heavy prison sentencing and tone, which he called 'dehumanizing.'" (6)
According to Salon.com, "In his 1996 book on the drug wars, Up in Smoke, Dan Baum quotes Walters as saying, "The health people say 'no stigma,' and I'm for stigma'." Baum writes that Walters "took the position that marijuana, cocaine and heroin 'enslave people' and 'prevent them from being free citizens' in a way that tobacco and alcohol do not.'" (7)
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Institutional
Affiliations
New Citizen
Project: Former president
Philanthropy
Roundtable: President (1996-2001) (2)
New Citizen
Project, Inc.: Former president (2)
Hudson
Institute: Visiting Fellow (1993) (3)
Madison
Center: Founder and Executive Director (1988-1989) (3)
National
Endowment for the Humanities: Acting Assistant Director and
Program Officer in the Division of Education Programs (1982-1985)
(2)
Michigan
State University's James Madison College: Former Instructor
(2)
Boston
College: Former Instructor (2)
Government
Posts/Panels/Commissions
Office
of National Drug Control Policy: Director (2001-current) (1);
Chief of Staff to Director (1989-1991) (1); Deputy Director for
Supply Reduction (1991-1993) (2)
U.S. Department
of Education: Assistant to the Secretary; Representative to
National Drug Policy Board; Representative to Domestic Policy Council's
Health Policy Working Group (1985-1988) (1)
Education
Michigan
State University: B.A. (1)
University
of Toronto: M.A. (1)
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