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Reporting and first‑hand allegations about substance use linked to Donald Trump span anecdotal claims about his personal behavior, contemporaneous accounts of prescription drug distribution inside his...
Public reporting does not label former President Donald Trump as a clinical “lunatic”; mainstream coverage focuses on concerns about his cognitive fitness and policy choices on mental-health programs ...
after January 30, 2026, agency “contingency plans” mean broad swaths of non‑essential federal work would stop first — hundreds of thousands of workers would be furloughed and routine regulatory, labor...
The Trump administration pursued a three‑pronged opioid strategy: reduce demand and overprescribing, expand treatment access, and cut the illicit supply—anchored by the 2018 SUPPORT Act and a high‑pro...
The Democratic/administration FY2025 proposal increased behavioral-health funding: SAMHSA sought about $8.1 billion and the President’s budget asked for expanded mental‑health and opioid initiatives i...
There is no reputable source among the provided results that says “95% of people use drugs safely.” Major surveys and global reports show large numbers of people use drugs but also record substantial ...
The shutdown that began Oct. 1, 2025, and ran roughly 43 days forced many federal agencies to scale back, furlough staff or limit services — with core public‑health and defense functions largely maint...
Multiple strands of recent policy and research propose clinical, public‑health, law‑enforcement, community and platform‑level interventions to reduce harm among people who self‑identify as targeted an...
Donald Trump repeatedly promised to fight and “end” the opioid crisis — unveiling a 2018 “Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse,” declaring the epidemic a national public health emergency, and saying “we wi...
has publicly admitted to a long past ion—describing 14 years of substance use that began in his early teens—a disclosure he reiterated in his remarks as secretary at ’s Prevention Day on February 2, 2...
is not universally free in the ; it is tightly regulated and dispensed only through federally certified (OTPs), and whether a patient pays depends on clinic type, insurance coverage, state policy and ...
Since the July 24, 2025 directing federal agencies to prioritize , public safety and , agencies have rolled out specific grant conditions that change eligibility, spending priorities, and performance ...
A after the continuing resolution () that covers nine of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations would force appropriated, discretionary programs to “cease or scale back” immediately and could trigger fu...
The Executive Order redirected federal policy on homelessness toward civil commitment, public safety, and treatment-first interventions, prompting states and counties to reassess grant use and program...
reframed the federal approach to homelessness, mental illness and public safety by directing agencies to expand civil commitment and institutional treatment for people with serious mental illness (SMI...
Federal policy on addiction treatment shifted between the Biden and Trump administrations: Biden-era actions emphasized expanding coverage, harm‑reduction and evidence‑based treatment (including expan...
Trauma‑informed communication applied to negotiating pegging and power dynamics centers on creating safety, explicit consent, and shared decision‑making while actively avoiding re‑traumatization; conc...
Trauma‑informed aftercare for sexual experiences that may trigger past abuse centers on safety, choice, and collaboration—practices proven to reduce retraumatization and improve care engagement . Prac...
The Department of Health and Human Services, via SAMHSA, sent termination letters late Jan. 13 cancelling as much as $1.9–$2 billion in discretionary mental‑health and substance‑use grants affecting r...
Reporting and survey data show many people use drugs without meeting criteria for disorder, even as public attention focuses on overdoses and illicit markets; for example, NSDUH found 58.3% of people ...