Narcan (naloxone) is a nasal spray that works to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose in two to three minutes, and it has saved countless lives. From October 2017 through June 2024, Narcan saved at least 103,000 lives.
Donald Trump has blasted the Fentanyl crisis to use it for his mass deportation efforts. But now that he’s in office, he doesn’t give a shit. Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with a lengthy history of heroin addiction, is backing plans to end a federal Narcan distribution program credited with helping drive a steep drop in U.S. overdose deaths.
The New York Times reports:
But the Trump administration plans to terminate a $56 million annual grant program that distributes doses and trains emergency responders in communities across the country to administer them, according to a draft budget proposal.
In the document, which outlines details of the drastic reorganization and shrinking planned for the Department of Health and Human Services, the grant is among many addiction prevention and treatment programs to be zeroed out.
