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Opinion: Trump’s mental health and addiction problem
“What this does is reduce the profile and priority of mental health and addictions in America”: The former director of SAMHSA on the consequences of eliminating the agency.
At the age of 23, after years of mental health problems, addictions, and trauma, I found myself on a Philadelphia subway platform ready to end my life.
Thankfully, I found help and got better. But due to the actions of the Trump administration, many others face a bleak future in dealing with these potentially fatal conditions.
