Story perspectives

Trump Administration Cuts $400K Kentucky Fentanyl Strip Grant

5/2/2026

Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump’s administration barred dollars from buying fentanyl strips, limiting funding after a July 2025 order barring SAMHSA funds for programs facilitating drug use, with SAMHSA announcing that grants will no longer cover strips for people who use drugs.
Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition lost a $400,000 grant, after distributing 48,465 strips in 2026, with warning the cut could reverse overdose deaths from 111,000 in 2023 to 68,000 by 2025.

1 of 1

Story summary

President Donald Trump’s administration barred dollars from buying fentanyl strips, limiting funding after a July 2025 order barring SAMHSA funds for programs facilitating drug use, with SAMHSA announcing that grants will no longer cover strips for people who use drugs.
Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition lost a $400,000 grant, after distributing 48,465 strips in 2026, with warning the cut could reverse overdose deaths from 111,000 in 2023 to 68,000 by 2025.