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📰 News Media

• 🏥 [Jacksonville (St. Johns County area), FL] He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say. - propublica.org
• 💊 [Powellsville, NC] Small-town NC doctor reprimanded after patient dies of drug overdose - charlotteobserver.com
• 🧠 [National] Opinion |Psychedelics are coming. Are we ready? - The Boston Globe - bostonglobe.com
• 🧠 [National] What to know about psychedelic retreats, a booming business with few safety guardrails - ajc.com
• 📰 [Minneapolis, MN] Documenters report: Cannabis farm and training facility coming to Near North - minnpost.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 When clinics close, roads flood or pharmacies lose access, people on buprenorphine or methadone can be cut off from lifesaving care. Emergency planning must include MOUD access. Recovery cannot depend on perfect... - @ActionForOD on X

Innovation

• 🧪 "The agency has reversed the position it held in July 2025, when it categorized drug-checking strips as life-saving overdose prevention tools." By @kastaliamedrano: (link) - @Filtermag_org on X
• 📄 SAMHSA expanded its list of prohibited harm reduction services in a pair of new guidance documents to exclude drug testing strips, including those for fentanyl and xylazine. (link) - @theLAPPA on X

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 It's National Fentanyl Awareness Day. I'm working to build on the progress made by my legislation—which is now law—to direct increased federal attention on the fight against fentanyl, especially at a time when the... - @SenTimKaine on X
• 🚫 New map reveals where Austin plans to clear homeless camps starting in May A new map obtained by the American-Statesman reveals where dozens of homeless encampment sweeps are planned beginning in May, offering the... - u/AustinStatesman on Reddit

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Sacramento, California] - April 29, 2026 - National Fentanyl Awareness Day: Resources, Support and Hope - newsletter - content.govdelivery.com
• 💜 - [Denver, CO] - April 29, 2026 - DDPHE Blog: Fentanyl Awareness Day – Making Harm Reduction Accessible to Reduce Stigma and Save Lives - denvergov.org

📚 Academic Research

• 💉 'If you've ever experienced it, you'd feel differently': Exploring willingness and skepticism toward using higher dose naloxone products among people who use drugs in Maryland, United States. - PubMed - 2026-04-29 - doi.org
• 📊 Understanding Data Use in Community Coalitions: Insights from a CFIR 2.0-Informed Study of the Ohio HEALing Communities Initiative - Community Mental Health Journal - 2026-04-28 - doi.org
• 🧪 Interventions for methamphetamine use among people on methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (STAR-OM) - The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia - 2026-04-24 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 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
• 🧠 APA Foundation - Helping Hands Grants - Helping Hands Grants Program (APA Foundation) - Up to $5,000 - Expected: May 1 (applications must be submitted by May 1)

📣 Activism

• 📣 Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Find a May Day protest near you for housing justice
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate now to support Shatterproof alcohol prevention work

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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