Within just a few weeks, the Trump administration has proposed multiple contradictory policies related to overdose prevention – some that could help save lives and others that experts say could further strain health resources and put people at risk for overdose. These policies include a new prohibition on funding for fentanyl test strips, which help people avoid overdoses; proposed budget cuts that would gut the country’s overdose prevention efforts; and an ambitious drug control strategy that will be impossible to implement if the aforementioned cuts go through. An April letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Samhsa) indicated the agency would no longer fund test strips for fentanyl and other dangerous adulterants that are “intended for use by people using drugs”.…