Giving Compass' Take:

• Bryce Pardo and Beau Kilmer discuss the future of fentanyl in the U.S. and what can be done to minimize deaths. 

• How can funders partner with organizations and government to address the fentanyl crisis? 

• Learn why we need to tackle the fentanyl crisis as a poisoning outbreak. 

The rates of overdose fatalities involving heroin or prescription opioids have slowed in recent years but are now outnumbered by overdoses involving synthetic opioids. The introduction of illicitly manufactured synthetic opioids like fentanyl to U.S. drug markets has presented new challenges for policymakers working to reverse this public health crisis. What do policymakers need to consider in their efforts to address this threat in the United States?

Read the full article about the future of fentanyl by Bryce Pardo and Beau Kilmer at RAND Corporation.