Cover of Inside America’s Opioid Crisis: 12 Hard Lessons for Today’s Drug War, examining federal drug policy in the synthetic fentanyl era. Calls Current Federal Drug Strategy “Outdated for the Synthetic Era” If Congress treats recent overdose declines as a victory, we risk repeating the mistakes of the past decade” — Richard J. Baum WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, February 19, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- National overdose deaths have declined for the first time in years.