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Statements and actions by Peter Reuter on this topic.
Public disputes concerning population health, disease prevention, environmental exposure, overdose trends, and public-health responses.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
1 statement on this page. Dates: August 25, 2026
1 matching statement. Dates: August 25, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: August 25, 2026
Role at the time: drug-policy or public-health researcher
Responding to
Maine’s decrease in overdose deaths in 2025 and 2026 occurred because the Trump administration sealed the border.
"“There is no proof” that the administration’s cited steps caused the decline in overdoses."
The statement directly challenges the evidentiary basis for the causal claim.
Reports named interviews with University of Maine, Carnegie Mellon, University of Maryland, Georgetown, and Brown drug-policy and public-health researchers, plus a response from the vice president’s office.
