The Fentanyl Crisis: Are New Approaches Needed?

Abstract

The War on Drugs represented a significant commitment of time, resources and efforts by the United States government. This effort to minimize the social, economic and medical effects of the increasing use of illicit narcotics consumed significant resources, and several decades after its inception, has had mixed results. At a time of continuing debate over the effectiveness of traditional counter-narcotics efforts, a new crisis has emerged. The increasing amount of deaths attributed to fentanyl is a challenge to the existing counter-narcotics framework. This study will investigate why fentanyl poses a unique challenge, how it is being addressed currently, and where shortfalls exist in addressing the fentanyl crisis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 05, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177412

Entities

People

  • Joseph K. Walton

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Overdose
  • First Responders
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Narcotics
  • Opioids
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Street Drugs
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • United States Government

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