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📰 News Media

• 💉 [National] Lawmakers Urge Agency to Reverse Prohibition on Drug Test Strips - news.bgov.com
• 🩺 [Duluth, Minnesota] Harm reduction saves lives. That might not be good enough. - minnpost.com
• 🚭 [National] With Commissioner Under Pressure, F.D.A. Opens Door to Flavored Vapes - nytimes.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 We cannot destigmatize any person who uses drugs without first destigmatizing the consumption of substances. For nearly a century we have seen attempts to shake free from the stigmatization of people who use... - @azzy-mae on linkedin

Innovation

• 🧪 This is harm reduction in action. Fentanyl test strips and naloxone at the point of need, before something goes wrong, is exactly the model the evidence supports. Making these tools available at the door saves lives. - @sandelichmd on Bluesky
• 🤖 2026 Drug Control Strategy has layers most outlets skipped Cartel interdiction backed by AI early warning and national wastewater testing for real time tracking Faith based recovery written into federal policy Crush... - @RealIsaacKnows on X

Opposition Watch

• 🚫 As someone who works in this area I speak from experience. Many of these people are unable to care for themselves at the basic level. Years of poly substance abuse and mental illness makes them poor candidates for... - @marybax53771895 on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San José, California] - May 10, 2026 - San José Community Paramedicine pilot to address behavioral health and addiction crises - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 💊 A continuum of disconnection: the impacts of safer supply program closures on continuity of care, transition, and total loss of service access - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-05-09 - doi.org
• 🚬 Innovation, respiration and drug paraphernalia policy: a mixed methods study of crack pipe practice and respiratory harm in England - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-05-09 - doi.org
• 💉 Teaching Adults to Respond to Suspected Opioid Overdose: A Proof-of-Concept Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training - 2026-05-08 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 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 (APA Foundation) - Grants of up to $5,000. - Expected: Applications must be submitted by May 1. (Application cycle opens February 2.)

📣 Activism

• 🖥️ Shatterproof - Save your spot for Shatterproof kratom webinar

Update Notes

May 11, 2026 (#4818703) — Refine social mix and news sources

• Simplified Social Discourse to a single Opposition Watch item by removing the pro/support slot
• Added Bloomberg sources and NDEWS to News section and troubleshot Substack fetch
• Reduce news backlog top-up from 5 to 4 items to preserve banked hits for slower days

If all goes well, this will be last updates before moving from closed to open beta testing. Thank you everyone who has feedback so far!! 💜 I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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