Hearings

The hearing explores the findings and recommendations of a recent Government Accountability Office report which highlights challenges with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration’s  management the Controlled Substances quota process. 

The hearing examined how the United States can sustain and improve counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan as its military presence declines in 2014. The illegal drug trade is a contributing factor to many of the major challenges facing Afghanistan. Drug trafficking funds the Taliban, increases corruption and poses a serious public health challenge.