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Members of the Iraqi military train at the Counter Terrorism Service training location, as observed by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Baghdad

Counterterrorism Concepts and Health Policy Debates

by David P. Fidler

Attacking drug cartels and applying pro-life principles to aid echoes ideas from the war on terrorism

Trade

DOCUMENT DATE: February 28, 2020 Travis Hayes, 65, injects what he says is the synthetic drug fentanyl, across the street from where San Francisco mayor London Breed just held a news conference introducing legislation in curbing the rise of deadly overdoses in the city, at the Tenderloin section of San Francisco, California, U.S., February 27, 2020.

Fentanyl and Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

A domestic crisis confronts transnational challenges and geopolitical calculations

Corrections officer Anthony Willingham displays Naloxone nasal spray, part of an opioid anti-overdose medicine kit for inmates to take with them upon release, before a training session for inmates at the Queensboro Correctional Facility in Queens, New York, U.S., April 9, 2018.

Governance

Opioid Overdoses Are Reaching New Highs in Washington, DC

by Isabella Turilli

The U.S. capital's opioid crisis is fueled by a lack of comprehensive public policy

A fentanyl user displays a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives in Vancouver, Canada

Governance

Opioid Overdose Deaths: What the United States Can Learn From Other Countries

by Liane Ong, Garland Culbreth, Annie Chan

Naloxone for everyone and supervised drug consumption rooms could be the future