Jack Riley: Before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee United States House of Representatives for a Hearing Entitled Examining Legislative Proposals to Combat Our Nation’s Drug Abuse Crisis

The 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is a comprehensive assessment of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and use of illicit drugs. The drug section of this report is arranged in ranking order based on the level of threat each drug presents. The threat level...

Jack Riley: Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate for a Field Hearing Entitled All Hands on Deck: Working Together to End the Trafficking and Abuse of Prescription Opioids, Heroin, and Fentanyl

Jack Riley: Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Committee on the Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives for a Hearing Concerning the Escalation in the Abuse of Heroin and Other Dangerous Drugs

Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) pose the greatest criminal drug threat to the United States; no other group is currently positioned to challenge them. These Mexican poly-drug organizations traffic heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana throughout the United States, using established transportation routes and distribution networks. They control drug trafficking across...

Joseph T. Rannazzisi: Before the Caucus on International Narcotics Control U.S. Senate for a Hearing Concerning Cannabidiol: Barriers to Research and Potential Medical Benefits

Joseph T. Rannazzisi: Before The Caucus on International Narcotics Control United States Senate for a Hearing Entitled Improving Management of the Controlled Substances Quota Process

Herman E. Whaley: Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Committee on the Judiciary US House of Representatives for a Hearing Analyzing Misconduct in Federal Law Enforcement

Michele M. Leonhart: Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for a Hearing Examining the Office of Inspector General’s Report, “The Handling of Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Allegations by the Department’s Law Enforcement Components”

The threat posed by heroin in the United States is serious and has increased since 2007. Heroin is available in larger quantities, used by a larger number of people, and is causing an increasing number of overdose deaths. In 2013, 8,620 Americans died from heroin-related overdoses, nearly triple the number...