RFK’s Plan to Gut Addiction Services
HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., spoke in Nashville as budget leaks show devastating cuts to addiction services.
Addiction, Overdoses, and Statistics
The leaked preliminary budget proposal suggests cutting a slew of substance abuse prevention and treatment programs.
Teenage Opioid Use Doubles in Ottawa
A report from Ottawa Public Health shows a shocking increase in teenage opioid use, doubling in just two years.
Spending Freeze on Addiction Treatment and Addiction Research
HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cancelled more than $11 billion in 2025 funding, including for addiction treatment and addiction research.
Elephant Tranquilizer, the Most Powerful Opioid Ever, Is Causing Overdose Deaths
The CDC issues an alert on carfentanil, a synthetic opioid considered to be 100 times more powerful than fentanyl.
Tranq Is a Non-Opiate Sedative That Maims and Kills
A recent symposium on the xylazine crisis focuses on the sedative known as tranq and its disturbing side effects.