Critics say GOP Medicaid cuts could slash fentanyl addiction treatment
A woman reached for a dose of methadone at the Behavioral Health Network opioid treatment clinic. Boston Globe via Getty Images/ hide caption toggle caption…
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Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/Moment RF Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another serious problem: misinformation.…
Trump team revokes $11 billion in funding for addiction, mental health care
President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have moved to slash funding for addiction treatment programs and research, saying the money should instead…
Reporter’s notebook: 8 theories why fentanyl deaths are plummeting
The state of Virginia has seen drug overdose deaths plunge by more than 40% in a single year. Many other states are seeing improvements above…
Trump administration extends opioid emergency as fentanyl deaths drop
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., himself in long-term recovery from opioid addiction, says a national emergency declaration linked to…
Deadliest phase of fentanyl crisis eases, as all states see recovery
Elena (left) and Vadim live on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia that has long struggled with fentanyl and other drug use. Both…