By Daily Press staff
The nation’s drug czar will be in Los Angeles Tuesday to discuss ways to end drug use in a city that is plagued with it.
John Walters, director of National Drug Control Policy, will meet with elected officials and other local leaders to seek solutions to LA’s drug problem. Walters will visit LA as part of the White House’s 25-Cities Initiative, which aims to reduce drug use in America’s largest cities, especially among youth.
City and county leaders have developed a set of local initiatives to address LA’s drug problem and will present them to Walters on Tuesday.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 5, 2004. Read the original PDF.