US EditionTrump signs executive order on combating substance addiction
The White House initiative aims to unify federal agencies and increase grant efficiency, addressing addiction as a medical condition affecting nearly 50 million Americans, officials said.
- President Trump will sign an executive order to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse, creating the 'White House Great American Recovery Initiative'.
- The initiative will be chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kathryn Burgum, who is married to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and is an advocate for addiction recovery.
- According to the White House, 40.7 million adults with a substance abuse disorder did not receive the treatment they needed in 2024 and 95.6% did not know they needed the treatment.
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Trump invites former ND first lady Kathryn Burgum to help lead national addiction recovery effort
WASHINGTON — The wife of former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will help lead a national initiative to further prioritize addiction treatment and recovery. Kathryn Burgum and husband Doug Burgum, now U.S. Secretary of the Interior, were part of an executive order signing at the White House on Thursday, Jan. 29, to launch the Great American Recovery Initiative. The initiative will be co-chaired by Kathryn Burgum and Health and Human Services Secre…
President Trump Unveils Plan to Combat Drug and Alcohol Addiction
President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday to establish the Great American Recovery Initiative — an interdisciplinary group of officials which will coordinate the federal push against drug and alcohol addiction “The Great American Recovery Initiative will bring together federal, state, local and private sector resources to support addiction recovery, treatment and prevention,” President Trump explained in a press conference annou…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday to coordinate a national response to the problem of addiction, in order to save lives.
Trump launches Great American Recovery plan
Washington: US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order launching what he called the Great American Recovery Initiative, a national effort aimed at combating addiction and substance abuse by coordinating federal, state, local, and private-sector resources. Calling addiction “a big deal in this country and probably in every country,” Trump said the initiative was designed to help Americans “get the help and the support that they n…
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