(The Guardian) Leavitt: Trump to sign order 'launching new initiative to address drug addiction'
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced that Trump will sign an executive order at 4pm today “launching new initiative to address drug addiction”.
Leavitt made the announcement on X and shared a link to a CBS News story about the order that Trump is scheduled to sign.
The CBS News story says the order will “coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse” and it states that, per a White House fact sheet, the order will create a “White House Great American Recovery Initiative,” which will advise federal agencies on directing grants to support addiction recovery and aim to increase awareness about drug addiction.
The initiative will also reportedly advise agencies on how to integrate programs focused on drug prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support and re-entry, CBS reported.
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Donald Trump signs executive order to create initiative focused on addiction treatment
Donald Trump signed an executive order today to create a “White House Great American Recovery Initiative” focused on addiction treatment.
At an Oval Office sigining ceremony, the president appeared alongside health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Kathryn Burgum, who is married to interior secretary Doug Burgum. The pair will be co-chairing the initiative.
Both Kennedy and Burgum have lived experience with addiction.
Kennedy, who has been open about his past struggle with heroin addiction, emphasized that it’s “not a moral failure, it’s a disease.” In her remarks, Kathryn Burgum talked about being reliant on alcohol for 20 years and being in recovery for more than 23. “Addiction is not a moral failure. It is not a character flaw. And it’s not simply a behavioral issue. Addiction is a lifelong, chronic, relapsing medical disease as real as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. And when we fail to treat it as such, we don’t treat the disease,” she said.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced that Trump will sign an executive order at 4pm today “launching new initiative to address drug addiction”.
Leavitt made the announcement on X and shared a link to a CBS News story about the order that Trump is scheduled to sign.
The CBS News story says the order will “coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse” and it states that, per a White House fact sheet, the order will create a “White House Great American Recovery Initiative,” which will advise federal agencies on directing grants to support addiction recovery and aim to increase awareness about drug addiction.
The initiative will also reportedly advise agencies on how to integrate programs focused on drug prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support and re-entry, CBS reported.
Trump signs order launching new initiative to address drug addiction
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction.
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Donald Trump signs executive order to create initiative focused on addiction treatment
Donald Trump signed an executive order today to create a “White House Great American Recovery Initiative” focused on addiction treatment.
At an Oval Office sigining ceremony, the president appeared alongside health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Kathryn Burgum, who is married to interior secretary Doug Burgum. The pair will be co-chairing the initiative.
Both Kennedy and Burgum have lived experience with addiction.
Kennedy, who has been open about his past struggle with heroin addiction, emphasized that it’s “not a moral failure, it’s a disease.” In her remarks, Kathryn Burgum talked about being reliant on alcohol for 20 years and being in recovery for more than 23. “Addiction is not a moral failure. It is not a character flaw. And it’s not simply a behavioral issue. Addiction is a lifelong, chronic, relapsing medical disease as real as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. And when we fail to treat it as such, we don’t treat the disease,” she said.
Addressing Addiction through the Great American Recovery Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
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