With 110,000 drug overdose deaths last year, including 70 percent from synthetic opioids, we examine how international factors have played a crucial role in the US drug epidemic . Vanda Felbab - Brown of Brookings Institution and Regina LaBelle of Georgetown University offer insights on the government's response, effective policy solutions, and the path to recovery. Reading List: Why America is Struggling to Stop the Fentanyl Epidemic, Vanda Felbab -Brown, Foreign Affairs , May 15, 2023 3 Actionable Bipartisan Solutions to Address the Overdose Crisis , Regina La B elle, The Hill , February 02, 2023
