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Silvia Martinez sits in her kitchen with her daughter Alize’ urn on August 10, 2026 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Alizé passed in 2022 to an overdose. She was 19 years old.
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The Opioid Use Treatment Young Americans Can't Access

More than 500,000 young people have opioid use disorder, but data shows many aren't getting buprenorphine, a medication proven to reduce overdose deaths

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order for the "Great American Recovery Initiative" to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse, in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.
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Trump's Faith-Based Push Threatens Standard Addiction Treatment

Experts say the U.S. government's backing of religious and spiritual drug treatment ignores well-established evidence