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📰 News Media

• 💊 [Sacramento, CA] Psynergy Programs to receive $20 million state grant for Sacramento treatment facility expansion - bizjournals.com
• 💊 [Minneapolis, Minnesota] Medicaid cuts threaten financial health of treatment providers, but two are above the fray - minnpost.com
• 🌿 [PA] The Trump administration reschedules marijuana. It’s not full legalization. - inquirer.com
• 🚨 [National] Trump administration warns against using federal dollars on fentanyl test strips - statnews.com
• 🌿 [National] Trump now wants Congress to undo part of the hemp ban he signed - washingtontimes.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 We really need to take stock of who we are collaborating with, and who we allow access to the populations that we hail from, or the populations that we serve. Anyone who is giving a nod to, let alone cheering on,... - @azzy-mae on linkedin

Innovation

• 📵 Via NeverUseAlone: The federal government just decided that they will not allow federal funding to be used to support "overdose hotlines" (Never Use Alone, and Safe Spot) , and basically any testing equipment used... - @punchnazisitsokay on Bluesky
• 💊 Are safe supply pharmacies a problem in London? City councillor calls on province to move away from for-profit pharmacies Safe supply = evidence-based harm reduction “Safe supply” managed by for-profit pharmacies... - @placentadoc on Bluesky

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose and save a life. It’s safe, easy to use, & available for free in Lorain County through public NaloxBoxes, online ordering with training included, and... - @LorainCoHealth on X
• 🚫 You’re treating this like a clean economic swap. It isn’t. Look at Oxycodone Crisis in the United States. That was a regulated, prescribed drug pushed through legitimate systems, and it still led to mass addiction,... - @claire_adams694 on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San Diego, California] - April 27, 2026 - County to Pay Community Organizations for Work Not Paid by Contractor in Wake of Fraud Investigation - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 💉 Closing the Survival Gap: Population-Level Impacts of Digitally-Coordinated Naloxone Distribution on Opioid-Involved Mortality in the Texas Gulf Coast - 2026-04-27 - doi.org
• 🧩 Barriers beyond behavior: structural determinants of behavioral health treatment disparities among Hispanics in the U.S. - Frontiers in Public Health - 2026-04-24 - doi.org
• 💊 State Tele-Buprenorphine Prescribing Policies by Medical Professional Type - JAMA Health Forum - 2026-04-24 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

Federal Agencies

• ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Food and Drug Administration Approved Products Containing Marijuana From Schedule I to Schedule III; Corresponding Change to Permit Requirements - federalregister.gov

State Laws

• 📜 [Washington] Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters. - 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

📣 Activism

• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for alcohol prevention education

Update Notes

April 28, 2026 (#9608ff5) — Fixing backend issue with writing social posts to database. I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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