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📰 News Media

• ⚖️ [Missouri] Primary Menu - fox2now.com
• 🌿 [Providence, RI] Kratom is now legal in RI, making it the first state to overturn ban - wpri.com
• 💊 [South Carolina] SOUTH CAROLINA AG WILSON: Fentanyl is a national security threat — follow the Chinese money - foxnews.com
• ⚖️ [National] Canadian Drug Policy Must Actively Uphold the Right to Life: UN Report - filtermag.org
• 💉 [National] Powerful new opioid could relieve pain — without the risks of addiction - nypost.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🧪 Tomorrow we are drug checking in #Camden How does it work? 1. Surrender a substance 2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use 3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids 4. After ~1 hour, we... - bsky.app
• 🏪 Weber County recently launched harm reduction vending machines, offering free naloxone kits, fentanyl test strips, hygiene items, safe sex supplies, and treatment and recovery resources. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch:... - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 New ‘harm reduction’ vending machines project launches in Weber County (link) The problem with these well intended programs- while life saving Naloxone in a overdose moment is a good thing. I do not think naloxone... - x.com
• 🚫 California housing policy for the homeless (Housing First) "recognizes drug use as part of people's lives" the result? 30% of all OD deaths happen inside supportive housing. SB1380. One of the worst laws passed in... - x.com

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San Diego, California] - April 2, 2026 - Urgent Drug Alert: Medetomidine in the U.S. Illegal Fentanyl Supply Increasing Risk for Overdose and Severe Withdrawal Syndrome - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 💊 Naltrexone as Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Unintentional Opioid Overdose in Stimulant Use Disorder: A Case Report - Journal of Addiction Medicine - 2026-04-02 - doi.org
• 💉 Recruiting a National Sample of First Response Agencies to Participate in an Overdose Prevention Research Project: Randomized Controlled Trial and Feasibility Study - JMIR Formative Research - 2026-04-02 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding

Current

• 💸 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY25 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program - Deadline: May 4, 2026
• 💸 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY25 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative - Deadline: May 4, 2026

Future

• 💉 AIDS United - Harm Reduction Futures Fund - Harm Reduction Futures Fund (AIDS United) - Expected: TBA

📣 Activism

• No activism updates found.

Update Notes

April 3, 2026 (#2d053f5) — Working on improving precision of law and policy section I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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