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Why are the country’s efforts to reduce addiction and drug-related crime not working? Will the declining trend in overdose fatalities continue? In his comprehensive new book, Inside America’s Opioid Crisis: 12 Hard Lessons for Today’s Drug War, Richard J. Baum, former acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, argues that the United States is confronting a synthetic drug epidemic with systems designed for an earlier era of heroin and prescription opioids.
In this AEI event, a panel of respondents—including a criminologist, a health policy analyst, and a historian—will offer observations on the book’s account of the forces that have driven our latest drug epidemic and discuss recommendations on preparing policymakers for future drug threats.
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Why are the country’s efforts to reduce addiction and drug-related crime not working? Will the declining trend in overdose fatalities continue? In his comprehensive new book, Inside America’s Opioid Crisis: 12 Hard Lessons for Today’s Drug War, Richard J. Baum, former acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, argues that the United States is confronting a synthetic drug epidemic with systems designed for an earlier era of heroin and prescription opioids.
In this AEI event, a panel of respondents—including a criminologist, a health policy analyst, and a historian—will offer observations on the book’s account of the forces that have driven our latest drug epidemic and discuss recommendations on preparing policymakers for future drug threats.
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AEI operates independently of any political party and does not take institutional positions on any issues. AEI scholars, fellows, and their guests frequently take positions on policy and other issues. When they do, they speak for themselves and not for AEI or its trustees or other scholars or employees.
More information on AEI research integrity can be found here: aei.org/about
#aei #news #politics #government #education #livestream #live #opioidcrisis #addiction #medicine
