TAKE ACTION: Don’t let Congress cut funding for overdose prevention, treatment & other lifesaving services

Americans from all walks of life are deeply concerned about the impact of addiction, overdose, and fentanyl on our loved ones. Recent declines in overdose deaths show that access to treatment, naloxone, and other health services keep people alive and on a path towards recovery.

Yet, the Trump administration and Congress are gutting these crucial public health solutions. They’ve already cut funding for lifesaving services and programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

And now, the Trump administration is demanding that Congress cut an additional $26 billion from addiction and overdose services in the federal budget through the appropriations process over the next few months. It’s likely they’ll try to slash funding for the CDC and SAMHSA which have provided people nationwide with services that save lives such as naloxone, fentanyl test strips, addiction treatment, recovery supports, and so much more.

We can’t let them get away with taking away more of these services people rely on to survive. Urge your Representative and Senators to protect funding for treatment, overdose prevention, and other lifesaving services immediately.

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Dear Representative/Senator,

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I urge you to protect funding for lifesaving programs like addiction treatment, naloxone access, and other vital health services through the FY26 Appropriations process.

Americans from all walks of life are deeply concerned about the impact of addiction, overdose, and fentanyl on our loved ones. People are struggling and dying every day. Recent declines in overdose show that access to treatment, naloxone, and other health services keep people alive and on a path towards recovery.  Yet, the Trump administration and Congress are scaling back support for these crucial public health solutions.

In 2024, U.S. overdose deaths fell 27%, yet over 80,000 people still died—more than from vehicle crashes and firearms combined. That decline was driven by sustained, growing investments by CDC and SAMHSA in prevention, treatment, overdose response, infectious-disease prevention, and recovery supports under the last three administrations.

Now, overdose deaths are rising again—and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even re-declared overdose as a public health emergency. This crisis demands ongoing federal backing for proven interventions like naloxone distribution, medications for opioid use disorder, and fentanyl test-strip programs.

So why are Congress and the Trump administration cutting—and planning more cuts to—these lifesaving services?

The Trump administration and Congress’s decision to cut Medicaid will strip millions of people of their coverage. Without Medicaid, individuals will lose access to lifesaving treatments—from medications for opioid use disorder to behavioral health support—putting them at greater risk of overdose. Protecting and sustaining funding for overdose prevention and addiction services through the Appropriations process is more urgent than ever.

Services and programs that help all of us live healthier and safer lives are under attack. Please put pressure on your colleagues to protect federal funding for lifesaving programs. Our livelihood and wellbeing depend on it.

Sincerely,

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