Asa Hutchinson

Former Administrator at the Drug Enforcement Administration

Asa Hutchinson is CEO of Hutchinson Group, a homeland security consulting firm, and practices law in Northwest Arkansas. Hutchinson was the first undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security. In that capacity, he was responsible for border and transportation security. He is a three-time member of Congress from Arkansas, serving from 1997–2001. Following his third-term reelection, Hutchinson was appointed by President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s William H. Bowmen School of Law, teaching national security law.

Debates Featuring Asa Hutchinson

Legalize Drugs

With Paul Butler, Theodore Dalrymple, Nick Gillespie, Asa Hutchinson
November 14, 2012

It was 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." $2.5 trillion dollars later, drug use is half of what it was 30 years ago, and thousands of offenders are successfully diverted to treatment instead of jail. And yet, 22 million Americans—9% of the population—still uses illegal drugs, and with the highest incarceration rate in the world, we continue to fill our prisons with drug offenders. Decimated families and communities are left in the wake. Is it time…

Legalize Drugs

With Paul Butler, Theodore Dalrymple, Nick Gillespie, Asa Hutchinson
November 14, 2012

America Is To Blame For Mexico's Drug War

With Jorge Castaneda, Chris W. Cox, Asa Hutchinson, Andres Martinez, Jeffrey Miron, Fareed Zakaria
December 9, 2009

Nearly 10,000 people in Mexico have died in drug-related violence since January 2007. Who or what is to blame? Some say it is America’s insatiable consumer demand for illicit drugs and the constant flow of our guns, which arm the cartels. Others believe that Mexico’s own government is ineffective in controlling the trade of the drug cartels because of rampant corruption in law enforcement in the country. The US Congress, unable to ignore the rising violence spilling over the border,…

America Is To Blame For Mexico's Drug War

With Jorge Castaneda, Chris W. Cox, Asa Hutchinson, Andres Martinez, Jeffrey Miron, Fareed Zakaria
December 9, 2009

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