Congress Has Preserved The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). What’s Next For Substance Use Care? Yngvild Olsen Sunny Patel February 25, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/congress-has-preserved-substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-samhsa Ms. B (identified by first initial of last name for privacy) had never told anyone about the sexual abuse she had suffered at the hands of her uncle as a young child. For years during her adolescence, the secret festered, driving her to run away from home, drop out of school, and begin drinking and taking opioids to numb the pain.