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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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Critics said the Trump administration’s public actions on opioids were uneven: the White House touted initiatives and billions in grants, while watchdogs, public‑health researchers and advocacy groups...
Women are diagnosed with depression at higher rates than men and also show higher co‑occurring rates of anxiety and depressive disorders alongside substance use disorders (SUDs), while men have higher...
Available reporting ties changes in U.S. suicide counts and rates in 2024–2025 to multiple, overlapping drivers: increased use of firearms as a leading mechanism (about half of suicides in some report...
Available reporting in the provided sources does not document verified instances of substance abuse by Donald Trump affecting his business deal decisions; none of the supplied articles make claims tha...
The 2025 Democratic budget relies heavily on policy tools created by the Inflation Reduction Act and adds targeted funding to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and people with s...
Democrats frame the 2024 Republican health‑care agenda as a politically driven, unpopular set of proposals that would raise premiums, cut federal health programs, and roll back protections for vulnera...