Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Trump administration is doubling down on its opposition to harm reduction services for people who use illicit drugs. In an open letter on ...
People in the United States are in the midst of an ongoing opioid epidemic and a wave of mental health problems. So funding and staff cuts to a federal agency that supports mental health care, suicide ...
The small federal agency tasked with easing the nation’s profound struggles with mental illness and drug addiction is in crisis itself: Hundreds of employees have left its staff of about 900, and its ...
The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has reversed its decision to terminate nearly $2 billion in grants to thousands of mental health and addiction treatment ...
SAMHSA may be little known to the general public, but its work touches millions of lives. Weakening it when the nation is finally turning the corner on the overdose crisis is a risk we cannot afford ...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has experienced significant staff reductions under the Trump administration. Critics, including healthcare providers and lawmakers, argue ...