Book Description

Looks at "Certification decisions that the President forwarded to Congress under law March 1. The law requires that on each March 1 the President submit to Congress his assessment on international cooperation to control illegal drug production and transit. It also requires details on cooperation to combat money laundering and the sale of chemicals used to produce illegal drugs. In addition, it also requires the submission to Congress of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, and that is this voluminous document that I am holding up here. The report is the single most detailed drug report on international drug production, and also the efforts that we are putting forth to combat it. The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report gives us the factual basis for understanding the current state of illegal drug production and international cooperation that is being conducted to stop it"--Page 1