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Sharing – Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

I have run out of ways to explain this to people. The US Government, and the people running it, do not care if you die:

Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. NPR wasn’t able to independently confirm the scale of the grant cancellation. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) didn’t respond to a request for clarification.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677104/trump-administration-letter-terminating-addiction-mental-health-grants

Since the first of the year, we’ve watched people be murdered by federal agents, the cost of healthcare has skyrocketed for anyone using ACA insurance, and now billions of dollars cut from mental health and addiction treatment funding. I don’t know what else needs to happen for people to realize that they will absolutely let you die without giving it another thought.

Make no mistake, gutting these programs will cause deaths, and that’s acceptable to far too many people in this country who seem to think that this complete antipathy toward killing other human beings will somehow skip them when the time comes.

It never does.

Update: A day later, HHS reversed course. Apparently, with enough pressure, even they will back down. I don’t think they did this because they suddenly care about people dying, though.

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