ONDCP Deputy Director pick

Though the Partnership for a Drug-Free America endorsement makes me quite nervous, this guy seems pretty decent. Much of his research centers around treating addiction like a chronic rather than acute disease.
some links to his work:
JAMA -- Abstract: Drug Dependence, a Chronic Medical Illness: Implications for Treatment, Insurance, and Outcomes Evaluation, October 4, 2000, McLellan et al. 284 (13): 1689
Lancet- Myths about the treatment of addiction. 1996 Jan 27;347(8996):237-40.

Obama taps addiction specialist for No. 2 drug czar
McClatchy-Tribune 9:02 PM CDT, April 10, 2009
PHILADELPHIA -- In another clear break from past policy, President Obama announced Friday that he intended to nominate as the nation's No. 2 drug czar a scientist often considered the No. 1 researcher on addiction and treatment.
A. Thomas McLellan, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, will be charged with reducing demand for drugs, a part of the foreign-supply-and-domestic-demand equation that many policy experts say has been underemphasized for years.
"We're blown away. He understands," said Stephen J. Pasierb, president and chief executive of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, that addiction "is a parent, a family, a child issue."
If confirmed by the Senate, McLellan will be deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which advises the president and coordinates anti-drug efforts. Obama last month nominated Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske to head the office. ....