| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. “An attempt to disappear people”: Experts Comment on Trump’s Plans to Defund Harm Reduction
USA. “An attempt to disappear people”: Experts Comment on Trump’s Plans to Defund Harm Reduction
One of Trump’s latest executive orders calls for a crackdown on homelessness, encouraging federal agencies to defund drug-related interventions and institutionalise those living on the streets. While the directive reportedly aims to protect public safety, drug policy experts are concerned that this will end up hurting more people than the current state of American drug policy.
This is the latest directive from the American president who has often relied on executive orders to guide the nation-state’s approach to dealing with drugs either within itself, at its border, or abroad. (Talking Drugs, UK, 15.08.2025)