RAND Research Topic: Children, Families, and Communities2024-03-28T15:32:15ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/children-families-and-communities.htmlMore Than 40 Percent of Americans Know Someone Who Died of Drug Overdose; 13 Percent Say Deaths Have Disrupted Their LivesRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/news/press/2024/02/21.html2024-02-21T19:00:00Z2024-02-21T19:00:00ZMore than 40 percent of Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose and about one-third of those individuals say their lives were disrupted by the death. While the overdose crisis has had wide-ranging negative impacts on people who use drugs, their employers, and public health systems, little research has explored the experiences of those left behind by fatal drug overdoses.The Crisis at the Border: A Primer for Confused AmericansRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2024/02/the-crisis-at-the-border-a-primer-for-confused-americans.html2024-02-28T14:45:00Z2024-02-28T14:45:00ZWhile politically challenging, a holistic update to U.S. immigration laws based on a better understanding of American immigration needs and the factors that are driving people to make the dangerous trek to cross the border would help reduce the numbers of migrants arriving daily to the U.S.-Mexico border and the challenges migration poses to receiving localities.