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May 6, 2026 – The Trump administration’s cuts to federal addiction programs are striking a blow to the U.S. economy, not just public health. Since January 2025, nearly two-thirds of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration staff have been eliminated, and over $588 million in addiction-related research grants were canceled. “The administration has reset national priorities in ways that have dramatically weakened the systems used to track, understand, and respond to endemic psychoactive substance abuse,” the report says. “The precipitous changes … threaten the viability of a network that has proven to be a cost-effective response to one of the most serious health problems facing American society.”
