The Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. which I chair. has for many years examined International narcotics control Issues. In all of the drug producing and transit countries around the world. we have discovered that the narcotics issue is inextricably linked to a number of other important issues. most frequently including local economic and social problems. Our Select Committee on Narcotics study missions to Latin America. in particular. have always included developmon. tal issues. trade. and immigration. in addition to the stated purpose of studying the narcotics problem. In our discussions. we have never been able to truly isolate the narcotics issue from the economic and social context in the host country. The committee recently conducted a series of individual meetings with the Ambassadors from the four Andean nations which will be covered under the ATPA.
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