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RFK Jr. to end 'godsend' Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths despite his past heroin addiction (www.latintimes.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

Putting aside that "nuts and bolts" isn't even the right metaphor here, why wouldn't you save lives right now at the same time you, you know, fix society? This guy stops every few steps to chew his gum?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was like. The brain worms must have eaten that portion of his brain because he essentially said, we need more than the things that are holding everything together...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

his gouald must be still a larval form.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's just it, they don't care about saving lives. I wonder what the demographics are with people that need this help the most. If it's not majority white people, this is a great shot at killing off minorties without consequences.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

It’s the same kind of rhetoric they use against gun control. It’s always a mental health problem, but they won’t address that either because they prefer mentally ill people to suffer.