Harm Reduction Briefing — Apr 18, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [Los Angeles, California] 1,200% jump in kratom-related calls to poison control centers in last decade, analysis shows - latimes.com
- 🧠 [National] Trump Reportedly About to Issue Executive Order on Ibogaine Research - filtermag.org
- ☠️ [National] Weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as dangerous substitute for fentanyl - ajc.com
- 💊 [National] Xanax Maker Recalls One Batch of Common Anxiety Drug - nytimes.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Innovation
- 🧪 As researchers test and evaluate chemical detection equipment, our chemical detection libraries enable verification of threat identities. Read more on the blog ---> #chemicaldetection #chemicalthreats (link) - x.com
- 🤖 Redwood AI Announces Collaboration with Aidos Innovations, Aimed at Enhancing Public Safety Collaboration with B.C. Government, Canadian Federal and Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Tackle the Fentanyl Crisis in... - x.com
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 By April 14 Saskatoon Fire Department had responded to 195 overdose calls for the month, compared to 165 calls in the whole month of March. ~30% of calls were within 5 blocks of the now closed Prairie Harm Reduction. - bsky.app
- 🚫 “Our most vulnerable neighbors” Not this again! Matt, children are the most vulnerable. Of course we need mental healthcare and addiction treatment. Everyone knows this. Housing First obstructs that as well as the... - x.com
🏙 City Updates
- 📧 - [Minneapolis, Minnesota] - April 17, 2026 - Join us April 29 for a free Public Health Resource Fair - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info
- 📧 - [San Jose, California] - April 17, 2026 - Harm Reduction Program Newsletter - content.govdelivery.com
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Harm reduction vending machines in the digital sphere: Social media discourse, misinformation, and health promotion implications - Journal of Addictive Diseases - 2026-04-16 - doi.org
- 🧪 Bottom-up surveillance: why digital community adulteration reporting belongs in the European drug early warning architecture - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-04-16 - doi.org
- 🧓 Ageing in Place in Harm Reduction: The Gerontological Blind Spot of French CAARUD Services - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-04-17 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 📜 [Alabama] Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 - openstates.org
- 📜 [Iowa] A bill for an act relating to controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. - openstates.org
💸 Funding (Click for more)
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
📣 Activism
- ✉️ National Council for Mental Wellbeing - Write your senator to support CDC Injury Center funding
- ✊ Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Join the Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign to oppose Louisiana anti-homeless bill
Update Notes
April 11, 2026 (#016bbc3) — Improve resilience of process scanning city council ordinances. Adding fix to prevent manually-featured stories from re-featuring. News Section: adding Slate, Public (first of more oppositional sources), filtering out routine state data updates on KFF, better filtering out sensational stories about fentanyl poisoning. Fixing issue leading to repeat features in Law and Policy and Activism sections. I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech
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