Summary

Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr., despite his history of heroin addiction, supports ending a $56 million federal Narcan distribution program that helped drive a nearly 24% drop in U.S. overdose deaths in 2024.

The program, administered by SAMHSA, trained over 66,000 people and distributed 282,500 kits.

Critics warn that cutting Narcan funding could reverse life-saving progress, especially as fentanyl-related overdoses persist.

Kennedy argues the crisis requires deeper societal change beyond “nuts and bolts” solutions, while public health advocates condemn the move as dangerously premature.

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    22 hours ago

    “This administration is so unpredictable!”

    Is it though? It seems pretty simple:

    Does it help people and not directly benefit the ultra wealthy? Kill it.

    Does it hurt people we don’t like or boost the oppressive power of the state? Boost it!

    That seems to be the Trump administration in a nutshell.