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📰 News Media

• 💉 [National] Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S. - theintercept.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I'd like to tell her about Diane, who was homeless for years, got sober many times, relapsed, got on Suboxone and has now graduated from SFSU and is working at a medical center as a patient navigator for drug users.... - @micaela2481 on X

Innovation

• 💉 Five new naloxone kiosks are now live across the city, offering free, 24/7 access to life-saving medication. (link) - @TAPintoPaterson on X
• 🧪 FENTANYL TEST STRIPS GET FEDERAL AND STATE BACKING U.S. health agencies are expanding support for fentanyl test strips used to detect dangerous drug contamination. The strips can identify fentanyl and xylazine,... - @Newsforce on X

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 Yeah. It started in 2022, go look at it. NARCAN -is the cause of less drug overdoses deaths. Expanded access to treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) due to increased funding from settlements with opioid... - @Lor_blueeyes on X
• 🚫 Housing-first is meant to be low barrier, but when it comes to drug use, it is no barrier. Drugs are not only allowed in PSH units but actively assisted through distribution of free paraphernalia near or even inside... - @SusanDReynolds on X

🏙 City Updates

• No recent City Updates found.

📚 Academic Research

• 🤰 Experiences of pregnant and postpartum people of color engaged in a randomized clinical trial of medication to treat opioid use disorder during pregnancy: A "Positive Outliers" analysis. - PubMed - 2026-04-30 - doi.org
• 🧪 Crack/cocaine use to manage xylazine exposure in fentanyl in Connecticut: findings from a convergent mixed methods study. - PubMed - 2026-05-02 - doi.org
• 💉 Needle and syringe coverage per injection and factors associated with needle sharing among clients of the Stockholm Needle and Syringe Program, 2013-2023. - PubMed - 2026-04-29 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

Federal Agencies

• ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Specific Listing for Hexahydrocannabinol, A Currently Controlled Schedule I Substance - federalregister.gov

💸 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 - Expected: TBA
• 🩺 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Expected: TBA

📣 Activism

• 📣 Shatterproof - Ask Congress to support the COMPLETE Care Act
• 📝 Treatment Advocacy Center - Submit public comments on proposed HUD work requirements rule

Update Notes

May 3, 2026 (#f83c688) — Increasing GPT 5.5 reasoning level for the Social Discourse classifier, to reduce missclassification of Pro vs Anti posts. I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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