A clarion call to the addiction science community: It's time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration

This editorial is written by a group of 28 present and former editors of peer reviewed scientific journals specializing in the publication of addiction research. The authors have signed this editorial as individuals, not as representatives of any organization. Institutional affiliations are listed to demonstrate the authors' academic credentials.

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Babor, T. F., Adinoff, B., Clark, L., Crockford, D., Demetrovics, Z., Dietze, P., Fallu, J., Gainsbury, S., Gilchrist, G., Gorelick, D. A., Graham, K., Grebely, J., Heim, D., Hellman, M., Laslett, A., McCuistian, C., Miovsky, M., Morojele, N. K., Moskalewicz, J., Obot, I. S., Pates, R., Room, R., Rychert, M., Sultan, A., Treloar, C., Turner, N. E., Wells, S., Williams, E. C., & Witkiewitz, K. (2025). A clarion call to the addiction science community: It's time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14(2), 567-570. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00033

Babor, T., Adinoff, B., Clark, L., Crockford, D., Demetrovics, Z., Dietze, P., Fallu, J., Gainsbury, S., Gilchrist, G., Gorelick, D., Graham, K., Grebely, J., Heim, D., Hellman, M., Laslett, A., McCuistian, C., Miovsky, M., Morojele, N., Moskalewicz, J., Obot, I., Pates, R., Room, R., Rychert, M., Sultan, A., Treloar, C., Turner, N., Wells, S., Williams, E., and Witkiewitz, K. (2024). A clarion call to the addiction science community: It’s time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction/Alkoholizm i Narkomania, 37(3), pp.133-140. https://doi.org/10.5114/ain.2024.149923

Babor, T. F., Adinoff, B., Clark, L., Crockford, D., Demetrovics, Z., Dietze, P., … Witkiewitz, K. (2025). A clarion call to the addiction science community: it’s time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 51(5), 535–538. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2025.2555137