For fourteen years of his life, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was addicted to heroin — and, credit where it’s due, that’s a hell of a hard thing to give up. It’s also often a dangerous drug to give up, in fact, because many overdoses occur when a user relapses and goes back to the same amount they were using when they quit. That’s just one reason why Narcan has been a miracle for so many.

One might think that, given his own past experience, he would be very on board with anything directed at helping opiate addicts, especially things like the incredibly successful $56 million grant that funded a program meant to distribute Narcan to first responders and train them to use it properly.

Nope!

As it turns out, that grant will be eliminated, along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that provided the funding.

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