{"id":35764,"date":"2019-07-18T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/18\/us-poured-millions-into-afghanistan-drug-treatment-programs-but-its-unknown-if-they-made-a-difference\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:26:43","slug":"us-poured-millions-into-afghanistan-drug-treatment-programs-but-its-unknown-if-they-made-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/18\/us-poured-millions-into-afghanistan-drug-treatment-programs-but-its-unknown-if-they-made-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"US poured millions into Afghanistan drug treatment programs, but it\u2019s unknown if they made a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. poured more than $50 million into drug treatment programs in Afghanistan between 2013 to 2018 \u2014 but it\u2019s unclear if the programs are making a difference, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/04\/24\/sigar-drug-lab-bombing-was-a-dead-end-and-most-metrics-for-success-or-failure-in-afghanistan-are-classified-or-nonexistent\/\" target=\"_blank\">Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghanistan is one of the world\u2019s top producers of opioids and approximately 2.9 million to 3.6 million people in Afghanistan are users of drugs like opium and heroin, according to the 2015 Afghanistan National Drug Use Survey conducted by SGI Global LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the U.S. is battling an opioid epidemic at home. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates approximately 1.7 million people faced substance use disorders connected to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, SIGAR said the State Department\u2019s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs dished out at least $50.5 million on 41 drug treatment programs implemented by its partners, the Colombo Plan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, from January 2013 to April 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigar.mil\/pdf\/audits\/SIGAR-19-49-AR.pdf\" target=_blank>SIGAR determined<\/a> INL was not measuring the projects\u2019 performance and impact as State Department and Government Accountability Office guidance suggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSIGAR found that because INL has not evaluated the performance of its projects, INL cannot determine the progress or impact its drug treatment projects have had,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report explained that the Colombo Plan and UNODC were responsible for measuring and providing information on their performances and INL did not independently confirm the information. 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