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Trump Cuts Alcohol Health Programs; MAHA Overlooks Drinking Crisis

6/30/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cut federal alcohol-health programs, burying a light-drinking risk report, slashing staff, and closing the CDC’s alcohol unit.
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has ignored alcohol despite it causing more U.S. deaths annually than infectious diseases and opioids combined.
MAHA’s current investments focus on opioids and homelessness and offer no specific plan to address excessive alcohol consumption.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cut federal alcohol-health programs, burying a light-drinking risk report, slashing staff, and closing the CDC’s alcohol unit.
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has ignored alcohol despite it causing more U.S. deaths annually than infectious diseases and opioids combined.
MAHA’s current investments focus on opioids and homelessness and offer no specific plan to address excessive alcohol consumption.