mike rozga, from iowa, his wife january -- jan and his son daniel have leading advocates to combat the threat of synthetic drugs after his son, david, a high school student fatally shot himself in 2010 after caking k-2, a synthetic marijuana substance that caused him to have severe hallucinations. they were honored as advocates by there office of national drug control policy in 2013. our next witness is chief kathy lanier. she began her career as a uniform officer in 1990 and served most of the time in the fourth district rising to the level of commander. she became the commanding officer for the department's major narcotics branch, vehicle homicide unit, and special operations division where she established the agency's first homeland security counterterrorism branch. she holds a bachelors and masters degree from john hopkins university and a masters in national security studies from the naval post graduate school in monterey, california. our third witness is mr. joseph coronato, why he is the chief law enforcement officer in ocean county, new jersey. prior to his appointment, he serv

mike rozga is here today from iowa to talk about his son david's tragic death associated with the usea synthetic. there are also many young people that are a testament to the deadly impact that nps is having on our families and communities. although the u.n., the federal government, and all 50 states and the district of columbia have developed responses to nps, there are still ways it can be manufacturing that make it challenging. all nps are manufactured in china. given the fatal and nonfatal effects of these substances, this clearly needs to change. the united states is leading discussions with international partners on how the global response to nps can be improved. in april at the special session of the u.n. general assembly we joined other countries to encourage the world health organization to engage more proactively in the review of services for international control. and while international control of drugs and chemical precursers are important, the existing international scheduling framework is underutilized and is unable to control the overwhelming number of nps that exist o