DOGE is now actively cutting funding aimed at reducing overdose deaths by clawing back money from states. These funds were originally appropriated by Congress during COVID and, by statute, were set to expire in September 2025. But state officials received notice this week that the funds will be clawed back immediately.

With overdose deaths still exceeding 80,000 annually, is DOGE declaring victory?

Here’s how one West Virginia town is spending the Covid funds -