Trump Administration extends the opioid emergency when fentanyl deaths decrease: NPR

The American secretary for health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., even in long-term recovery from opioid dependency, says that a national emergency declaration that is connected with opioid overdose death will be extended on Friday.

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The Trump government extends until mid-June An emergency declaration Combined with the opioid overdose crisis, which should expire on Friday.

In a statement, the US secretary for health and human service, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., confirmed that deaths in the USA “drop off”, said that the Trump government would continue to treat the opioid crisis as a “national security emergency”.

President Trump has associated the Fentanyl smuggling with his tariffs against Canada, China and Mexico. Trump has often fact made inaccurate claims About the number of drug deaths in the USA, he also said that Kanada is repeatedly a significant source of street ferred tanyl, which the US communities reached, which is not true. Data collected by US customs and border protection.

In fact, the deaths for overdosing have quickly declined in the United States since the summer of 2023, with deaths, especially with fentanyl, related to around 30 percent. A total of around 30,000 people die every year before street medication compared to the climax of the crisis in June 2023. That is According to the latest data from October 2024, which were collected by the centers for the control and prevention of diseases.

According to Kennedy, the renewal of the emergency declaration of public health for 90 days enables the flexibility of the federal government that reacts to the crisis.

It is unclear why drugs decrease so quickly, although many experts are implemented by the administration of bidges. Opioid treatment medication such as buprenorphine, methadone and naloxone, also known as Narcan, are now widespread.

As part of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid has also emerged as a leading source of insurance protection for addiction treatment and health care in connection with the restoration of street medication. Some Republicans have proposed deep budget cuts that could affect the financing of Medicaid.

The Democrats in the Congress have criticized the White House for concentrating around 10 percent of federal workers who concentrated on addiction in the administration of drug abuse and administration of drug abuse and psychiatric health services.