Republicans hope to save a lot of tax dollars by cutting Medicaid. Drug policy experts say as many as a million Americans in treatment for addiction could lose coverage.
The Trump administration says it hopes to save $11.4 billion by freezing and revoking COVID-era grants. Addiction experts say clawing back the federal funding is risky and could put patients at risk.
Some 30,000 fewer people are dying every year in the U.S. from fentanyl and other street drugs. This shift has stunned addiction experts, reversing decades of rising death.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump administration will continue to treat opioid overdoses as a "national security" emergency even as fentanyl deaths decline.
A bill called the Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act that passed out of Georgia’s Senate last week would create mandatory minimum sentences for those trafficking in fentanyl if passed by the House and signed by the governor.
In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.
A new study finds people who take weight-loss drugs also cut back on alcohol consumption. Researchers think the drugs could be a promising new treatment for addiction.
Permanent tent cities are another idea Trump has for dealing with people who are unhoused. Sequestering people with mental illness or substance abuse in one place has been tried, an expert says, and "it turns into hell on earth."
On social media, young women are increasingly open about attending 12-step sex and love addiction programs. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous reports 1,200 meetings in more than 50 countries.
In 2022, total deaths by suicide and drug overdose declined slightly for the first time in five years, according to a report from Trust for America’s Health.
