The president has determined that twenty-three major drug-producing or major drug-transit countries cooperated fully with the United States, or took adequate steps on their own, to achieve full compliance with the goals and objectives established by the 1988 U.N. Convention Against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. He denied certification to six countries that did not meet the standards set out in Section 490(b) of the FAA. He did certify three countries based on the vital national interests of the United States. For each country, this report describes the extent of its counternarcotics progress and cooperation.
In Making a Killing: The Deadly Implications of the Counterfeit Drug Trade, AEI resident fellow Roger Bate analyzes the burgeoning international trade in counterfeit drugs and recommends steps that governments and law enforcement agencies could take to stop it.
Should Medicare pay for patient expenses the way automobile insurers pay for car-repair bills? In How to Fix Medicare, health economist Roger Feldman argues that a radical shift in Medicare policy is not only possible but imperative.
