This hearing will allow Members to hear testimony from representatives of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission. Members will have the opportunity to examine the Commission’s final report which analyzes the effectiveness of U.S. drug policies and programs in Latin America and the Caribbean and offers recommendations to the President and Congress on the best way forward.

Witnesses

Shannon O’Neil, Ph.D.
Chair
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission
Council on Foreign Relations

The Honorable Cliff Sobel
Vice Chair
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission
(Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and The Netherlands)

Mary Speck, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission