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  1. Milken Institute52 min

    How Drug Trafficking Is Fueling the Opioid Crisis

    Anita Gupta, Michael A. Davis, Lynn Goldman, Adriaan Louw

    This event convenes experts to address the escalating opioid crisis, characterized by a 2017 overdose death rate six times higher than in 1999 and a fatal third wave driven by synthetic fentanyl trafficking from China. Through the DEA's "360 Strategy" in Los Angeles, authorities are coordinating enforcement, diversion control, and youth outreach to combat transnational cartels and prosecute distributors of lethal mixtures. Simultaneously, clinical and policy leaders advocate for treating addiction as a chronic brain disease, promoting non-opioid pain management, and dismantling regulatory barriers to expand access to life-saving medications like naloxone.