Searching for Solutions to America's Failed War on Drugs

It's no secret that efforts in recent decades have failed...

The United States is involved in the deadliest drug epidemic in history.

Data released in May by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a surge in overdose deaths involving fentanyl and methamphetamine. Nationwide, deaths from overdoses soared to unprecedented levels in 2021, following a 15 percent increase from 2020. This crisis claimed some 108,000 American lives. Chillingly, the number of drug overdose deaths has increased every year (except for 2018) since the 1970s.

But what we have been doing for decades clearly isn’t working. So, what might?