Harm Reduction Briefing — Apr 23, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [Chicago, IL] Illinois awards $32 million in forgivable cannabis loans to 95 businesses - bizjournals.com
- 💊 [Texas] Texas THC ban hurts small businesses, ignores larger drug issues - dallasvoice.com
- ⚖️ [National] “A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement - propublica.org
- 💊 [National] Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch. - propublica.org
- 🧪 [National] The Chemical Red Queen’s Race: Why banning NEP won’t stop the NPS market - talkingdrugs.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived Experience
Innovation
- 📊 @CDCgov the Clinical Drug Test Dashboard offers a faster early warning signal on fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine trends. Not a national prevalence estimate, but it can help communities spot shifts and... - @ActionForOD on X
- 🧪 New synthetic opioids like #cychlorphine are reshaping the overdose crisis—highly potent, hard to detect, and often missed by standard screening. Learn more: (link) #opioidcrisis #forensics #narcotics - @908Devices on X
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 They said supervised consumption sites “don’t work.” Misrepresented the data. Then blocked me for calling it out That’s not science, that’s ideology. More to come out of this! @CharlesFLehman - @guyfelicella on X
- 🚫 Numerous studies from around the world show that supervised consumption sites don't work, but cities and states are still allowing them. One of these so-called "harm reduction centers" sits across the street from a... - @ManhattanInst on X
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Understanding Outcomes and Barriers to Community Naloxone Distribution Programs: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Naloxone Recipients in Kansas - Kansas Journal of Medicine - 2026-04-22 - doi.org
- 🧪 Out of Sight: Sex Differences in Public and Semi-Public Drug Use Settings Among People Who Use Opioids in Baltimore, Maryland - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2026-04-20 - doi.org
- 💉 Does Prolonged Suffering Have to Be a Part of the Process? Methadone Initiations in the Fentanyl Era: A Lived Experience Narrative, Evidence Review, and Call to Action - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-04-21 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 📜 [Maine] An Act To Update Employer Substance Use Testing Policy Requirements - openstates.org
- 📜 [Maryland] Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements - 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
- 💉 AIDS United - Harm Reduction Futures Fund - Harm Reduction Futures Fund - AIDS United - Expected: TBA
- 🏥 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Expected: TBA
📣 Activism
- 🙋 Shatterproof - Become a Shatterproof volunteer for National Volunteer Week
- 💝 National Homelessness Law Center - Donate to support Housing Not Handcuffs campaign work
Update Notes
April 21, 2026 (#267b510) — Major update: - New podcast version, using AI. For people driving in to work and busy mornings on your feet - Added a Lived Experience subsection under Social Media. Email me if you recommend additional voices! - Improving News Section to hopefully avoid duplication, like what happened with psychedelics law recently - Adding social media handles to Social hits - Adding more targets for Funding scan. Browser version now includes rolling opportunities
There may be bugs in the coming week but will work on polishing. Hope you enjoy the changes! I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech
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