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📰 News Media

• 🚬 [California] People Who Vape Are Lab Rats, Says California “Public Health” Campaign - filtermag.org
• 🌿 [Kansas City, MO] How kratom politics shaped a Justice Department case outcome - kansascity.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I need people to understand something really simple about harm reduction: Dead people don't get clean. So any recovery journey starts by staying alive. After that, there's many, many, many different journeys. But we... - @stacykess on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🧪 “We will also prioritize establishing new data systems to monitor drug consumption in real-time, through a national wastewater-based monitoring system and biosurveillance. These objective measures will provide... - @RibGoneRogue on X
• 💊 These little kiosks hold free doses of naloxone, the medication that reverses opioid overdoses. By increasing access and reducing stigma, we can help reduce overdose fatality among Black and brown residents. We... - @zellieimani on X

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 These little kiosks hold free doses of naloxone, the medication that reverses opioid overdoses. By increasing access and reducing stigma, we can help reduce overdose fatality among Black and brown residents. We... - @zellieimani on X
• 🚫 Newsom’s support for Proposition 47 and harm reduction over enforcement turned SF into a fentanyl wasteland. Billions wasted, thousands dead—this reckless negligence isn't just failure; it's criminal. - @TheMindCypher on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🏠 Displacement and the disruption of drug use patterns and risks: Experiences of people living with HIV in two urban neighbourhoods. - PubMed - 2026-04-29 - doi.org
• 💊 How survivors of exploitation who use drugs navigate systems of care: an analysis of survivor insights using the intersectional risk environment - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-04-27 - doi.org
• 💉 Cultural Adaptation of Overdose Education Programs: Recommendations from Black Americans with Lived Experience of Opioid and Stimulant Use. - PubMed - 2026-04-29 - 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

• 🩺 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Expected: TBA
• 💉 AIDS United - Harm Reduction Futures Fund - Expected: TBA

📣 Activism

• 📝 Treatment Advocacy Center - Submit comments on HUD work requirements and term limits rule
• 🗓️ National Alliance to End Homelessness - Register for budget advocacy webinar on federal homelessness funding

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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