Drug Control: U.S. Heroin Control Efforts in Southwest Asia and the Former Soviet Union
NSIAD-97-148BR
Published: May 09, 1997. Publicly Released: Jun 09, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the extent of the opium and heroin production threat in Southwest Asia, Russia, and the Central Asian Republics; (2) efforts by the United States to address this threat; (3) the obstacles to counternarcotics strategies and programs in these regions; and (4) the status of efforts to control diversion of opium produced in India for use by U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
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