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How Big Is the U.S. Market for Cannabis, Cocaine, Heroin, and Meth?
Americans spent about $150 billion on cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine in 2016. The cannabis market was roughly the size of the cocaine and meth markets combined.

Teachers and Teaching
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Educators Turn to Colleagues for Help with Struggling Students
When their students have academic or behavioral challenges, educators often consult with another teacher, support staff, principal, or district leader to weigh strategies. When selecting interventions, they consider relevance to local context, rigor of evidence, and feasibility.
Mental Health Treatment
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How to Improve Mental Health Care for Veterans
Veterans, especially those who deployed overseas, face elevated risks of mental health conditions. Those who have served since the September 11, 2001, attacks are particularly vulnerable. About one in five experiences mental health problems. Are veterans getting the high-quality care that they need?
Sleep
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I'm a Sleep Specialist. Here's How I Prepare My Two Teenagers for the First Day of School
Sleep deprivation has measurable negative effects on teens' behavior and health. Early school start times make it difficult for teens to get sufficient sleep. A RAND sleep expert shares how she helps her teens transition from summer back to waking up early for school.
Terrorism Financing
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U.S. Efforts Are Essential to Counter an Islamic State Comeback
The Islamic State can no longer rely on local funding sources as it did when it controlled territory. But as an insurgency, its expenses are far lower. With revenue from criminal activities and the cash it hoarded, the group will survive as a clandestine terrorist movement. Counterfinance, intelligence, and possibly military action will be needed.

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Synthetic Opioid Surge Is a U.S. Public Health Emergency
In less than six years, the number of fatal overdoses in the United States that involve synthetic opioids has increased tenfold. Where are synthetic opioids concentrated? And to what extent is the problem spreading?
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India and Kashmir, Now One
In a legally risky move that's already having consequences on the ground, the Modi government scrapped the part of the Indian constitution that gave Jammu and Kashmir special autonomous status. How consequential is this? And how should the international community react?
News Release
California Rules to Limit Surprise Medical Bills Are Working, but Influence Insurer-Provider Bargaining
A California law that limits the size of bills from out-of-network physicians for care delivered in hospitals appears to be protecting patients' financial liability. But it has shifted bargaining leverage in favor of insurance plans and had potential unintended consequences.
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America's Pacific Island Allies
Located north and northeast of Australia and east of the Philippines, the Freely Associated States of the Pacific are subject to growing Chinese influence. U.S. funding and engagement with these states is key to America's defense and foreign policy goals.

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To better understand changes in drug use outcomes and the effects of policies, policymakers need to know what is happening in markets for these substances. But it is challenging to generate these estimates, and given that critical data sources have been eliminated, it will likely be harder to generate these figures in the future.
Gregory Midgette

Adjunct Policy Researcher
Source: RAND News Release
It is virtually inconceivable that Vietnam would grant the U.S. military access to Cam Ranh Bay in peacetime or ramped-up tensions with China. The sensitivities, both stemming from the U.S.-Vietnam war and Washington's use of Cam Ranh Bay against North Vietnam... are simply too difficult to overcome.
Derek Grossman

Senior Defense Analyst
Source: South China Morning Post
If the federal government can infuse more money into this area and really help fund research, it will help us better understand the policies that we have—both in terms of what are the effects on gun owners and what are the effects on violence, homicides, and suicides.
Meagan Cahill

Senior Policy Researcher
Source: FOX News Channel
I think we lose the ability to have conversations around gun policy that are grounded in science and that are grounded in fact. Lack of data makes it easier to make claims about policy with no evidence to back them up. It's based largely on opinions or emotions.
Rosanna Smart

Economist
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Inadequate sleep in teens is associated with increased risk of mental and physical health problems, including depression, suicide, and obesity. It also creates problems with their concentration, memory, and ability to learn.
Wendy M. Troxel

Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist
Source: Thrive Global

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