Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Drug policy was largely a backburner issue in 2025. Despite the ambitions of some moderate or right-leaning activists, and an apparent passion ...

As of January 15, the Trump administration has walked back a plan to slash U.S. federal funding for mental health and addiction programs, a move that experts have said would have exacerbate the ...

Using classic psychedelic drugs does not raise the risk for mental health problems; on the contrary, it may offer some protection, new research suggests. Among 130,152 representative US adults, ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing ...

We hear so much these days about how psychotherapy can help people with mental health problems. Yet, the most recent figures suggest that as many as 57 percent of people with mental health problems ...

Edit: Literally one day after saying it was cutting $2 billion in addiction and mental healthcare funding, The Department of Health and Human Services is now apparently reversing 180 degrees to ...

Update: After NPR's reporting, the Trump administration reversed its decision and confirmed that sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed.