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Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ includes heavy cuts to mental health and addiction programs. Here are 3 things to watch

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President Donald Trump released his 2026 budget blueprint in early May , calling for $163 billion in federal spending cuts.

The proposal includes heavy cuts, totaling more than $22.6 billion , to three federal agencies that address mental health and addiction.

The administration says this will streamline its efforts, but advocates, researchers, and public health practitioners worry this could make the death toll even worse.

The administration wants to cut certain tools used for preventing drug overdoses.

The proposal refers to “harm reduction” efforts, including providing sterile syringes to people using drugs, as “dangerous activities” Researchers say the proposed cuts, if enacted, could hamper efforts to address racial disparities in mental health and addiction.

Susan Collins , the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee , has said she has “serious objections” to some of the proposed cuts.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) held up a packet of naloxone and said the government should amplify what works to decrease overdose deaths.

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