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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] 164 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Drug addict says, "fuck you, I got mine"

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago

Pro-Life Party in action.

“Much has been said over the last three months about Mexico and Canada,” Trump said. “But we have very large deficits with both of them. But even more importantly, they have allowed fentanyl to come into our country at levels never seen before, killing hundreds of thousands of our citizens and many very young, beautiful people, destroying families. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”

My, how quickly they abandoned the 'we must protect our people' reasoning used to justify tariffs.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 day ago (4 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?