President for foreign policies here at the kato institute. Thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching at cspan and online at kato. Org. Following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. The ensuing 16 years, u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Aassessments are mixed at best. In june secretary of state james mattis stated we are not winning in afghanistan right now. Estimates what have we spent prang from 840 billion to over 2 trillion plus over 2300 u. S. Troops killed and another 20,000 wounde
California synthetics for drugs like heroin has alr been done. Eady we will be awash in a florida chief and deadly synthetic drug substitutes. It is important that the drugs we are talking about are quite harmful in contrast to drugs like marijuana and heroin. Heroin legally obtained, safely injected does not lead to crime, it does not cause tissue damage, it does not lead to insanity. Nursing is addicted to and have to manage constipation. Heroin users survive and can live Productive Lives with a safe form of harold is heroin. That story found these analog synthetic problems is not a new one, it is an old one that pcp spawned pce and other analogs that were equally dangerous. There was a synthetic heroin available called and it was one of the drugs that is subject to the mandatory minimum penalties that congress enacted in 1986. A drug demerol synthetic, there was an analog of that called mppp. The synthesis is tricky and it was being made improperly with a contaminant , and people ar
Today when we invented a more kind of lets say easier more accessible way to use morphine through prescription opioids in the early 2000 he let lead pharmaceutical Companies Marketing those drugs quite strongly to doctors and hospitals, and anyone who goes into hospital today, whats the first thing as you how much, whatever albeit you want to only get your pain. That has contributed to an increase in opioid addiction which is what you more of an increasing heroin addiction. Air went addiction actually, the heroin problem quoteunquote has been a result of pure, cheaper heroin your not from heroin that is actually cagey kind of some type of side effect. Do you discern a question in that . Go ahead. The problem youve put your finger on, which is missed prescribing doctors and the excesses of the pharmaceutical enterprise the opioids, i think in many cases is correct. The fact that we have prohibition means is those folks become medically addicted are then stigmatized. They dont have acces
Good morning. Im Christopher Prebble the Vice President for against and Foreign Policy studies at the cato institute. Thank you for being here and thanks to our outstanding conference staff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome to those of you watching on cspan and online at cato. Org. Following the september 11th terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States initiated combat operations against al qaeda targets inside of afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorists there. In the ensuing 16 years u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Assessments of our progress to date are mixed at best. In june secretary of Defense James Mattis stated, quote, we are not winning in afghanistan right now, unquote
Terrorism actually presents . Another quick thing about what the book presents we have it for sale and is priced to sell here at the cato institute. 18 with a spine hardcover book. You are, quite certain you will not find it for lesson on top of that the office assured me they would be happy to sign it for you so those of you who are here with us today are very fortunate. Those of you who are watching on line at home ill bet you wish you were here but rest assured you will be able to find a book and other fine retail establishments on line etc. , etc. , etc. Let me welcome john and mark. Im going to deduce them in the order they will speak. John mueller is a Senior Research scientist and a member of the Political Science department at Ohio State University and is also my colleague and senior fellow at cato. He is the author of numerous books. I will mention only a few including overblown, atomic of session, war of ideas coming retreat from doomsday the obsolescence of war, war presiden