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📰 News Media

• 🚭 [National] Tobacco Harm Reduction Should Be Part of HIV Care - filtermag.org
• 💨 [National] Knives out for FDA head Marty Makary after he blocks, then OKs vape flavors - nypost.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Even after getting housed, I still didn’t believe recovery was possible for me. Every time I tried to quit, I failed. I spent years overdosing alone on my apartment floor after getting housing before I finally... - @missamberreid on X

Innovation

• 📦 See these simple boxes? Instead of free newspapers, they are retrofitted to provide free naloxone, the medication used to reverse opioid overdoses. We’ve placed them in 5 locations in Paterson with hopes to expand... - @zellieimani on X
• 🧪 One major downside is it immediately throws the recipient into withdrawal which is dangerous for both the patient and first responders. We need an intervention that reverses the respiratory effects of the opioid... - @LukeVerswey on X

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 ❤️‍🩹 Life-Saving Resource Available at the Loveland Police Department Our free Narcan (naloxone) kiosk outside the Loveland Police Department lobby has already distributed hundreds of applicators to community... - @PoliceLoveland on X
• 🚫 I can attest, due to my occupation, to the UTTER FAILURE of "housing first" policies. Not only does it result in revolving doors... But it also creates (in many cases) an unsafe environment for the communities that... - @AOregonian on X

🏙 City Updates

• 💉 - [Memphis, TN] - May 8, 2026 - Health Department Hosts Free Community Care Fair on Saturday, May 16, 2026 - shelbytnhealth.com

📚 Academic Research

• 💊 Evaluating a Novel Approach to Dispensing Methadone in Carceral Facilities - ICPSR Data Holdings - 2026-05-06 - doi.org
• 💊 Investigating the Impacts of the Timmins Community Withdrawal Management Service on Improving Social Outcomes and Well-Being in Timmins, Ontario - The Canadian Journal of Addiction - 2026-05-06 - doi.org
• 💊 Insurance Coverage and Provision of Opioid Disorder Treatment: Evidence From Medicare - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management - 2026-05-05 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Kansas] Sub for SB 193 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Exempting law enforcement agencies who do not provide emergency opioid antagonists pursuant to the statewide protocol from the requirement to procure a physician medical director. - openstates.org
• 📜 [Maine] An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program - openstates.org

💸 Funding (Click for more)

Current

• 💸 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY25 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Investigations Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) - Deadline: May 13, 2026
• 💸 Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) - Deadline: Jun 8, 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 - Grants of up to $5,000. - Expected: Applications must be submitted by May 1. The application cycle opens on February 2.

📣 Activism

• 📣 The National Council for Mental Wellbeing - Ask Congress to Support CCBHCs and mental health legislation
• 🖥️ National Alliance to End Homelessness - Register for FY2027 federal budget priorities webinar on homelessness

Update Notes

May 5, 2026 (#b591c2a) — Add Drugreporter RSS feed to news scan I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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