RAND Research Topic: Illegal Drug Trade2024-03-27T17:52:31ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/illegal-drug-trade.htmlA New Approach to Fighting Synthetic Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey and Jayme FuglestenRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/04/a-new-approach-to-fighting-synthetic-opioids-qa.html2022-04-26T09:00:00Z2022-04-26T09:00:00ZThe opioid crisis isn't just about drug policy or law. It involves national security, homeland security, intelligence, diplomacy, supply chain issues, and cryptocurrency. Drawing on RAND's expertise across all those areas, the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking delivered a plan, a call to action about what it's going to take to save lives.Fentanyl Makes an Already Dangerous Drug Market Deadlier Than EverRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/05/fentanyl-makes-an-already-dangerous-drug-market-deadlier.html2022-05-02T17:25:00Z2022-05-02T17:25:00ZFailure to recognize and respond to how rapidly illegal drug markets have changed with the arrival of illegally manufactured synthetic opioids will continue to put many Americans at risk of exposure to fentanyl, endangering the lives of hundreds of thousands more for years to come.