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📰 News Media

• 💉 [Mountainair, New Mexico] Meth and Fentanyl Found in Home Where Emergency Responders Fell Ill - nytimes.com
• 🌿 [Boston, MA] Judge clears path for Mass. cannabis firm to sell assets - bizjournals.com
• 💨 [National] Vape Taxes Won't Increase Smoking, Study Claims. Here's ... - Filter - filtermag.org
• 🚭 [National] Advocates Fear EU “Domino Effect,” as Belgium Bans Vape Flavors - filtermag.org
• 🚬 [National] A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision - nytimes.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

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Opposition Views

• 🚫 "Harm Reduction" is the ideology behind a lot of this - since the 1990s. Seems like a good thing, but it is really assuming that homeless drug addicts cannot change. And so you have to give them whatever they want-... - @AnneDS2020 on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Memphis, Tennessee] - May 22, 2026 - Health Department to Host Community Care Fair at Middle Baptist Church on Saturday, May 30, 2026 - newsletter - shelbytnhealth.com
• 💉 - [Memphis, TN] - May 22, 2026 - Health Department to Host Community Care Fair at Middle Baptist Church on Saturday, May 30, 2026 - shelbytnhealth.com

📚 Academic Research

• 🍺 Pathways to healing: balancing the tensions between harm reduction and cultural practices in a managed alcohol program for Indigenous adults in Calgary, Canada - Frontiers in Public Health - 2026-05-21 - doi.org
• 🧪 Global emergence and γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor activity of the new designer benzodiazepine ethylbromazolam - Archives of Toxicology - 2026-05-20 - doi.org
• 💊 Too young for medication? prescriber perspectives on how age shapes medication for opioid use disorder prescribing in transition-age adults - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-05-22 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

Federal Agencies

• ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of 2-Fluorodeschloroketamine in Schedule I - federalregister.gov

State Laws

• 📜 [Tennessee] Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for purposes of the taxation of vapor products containing such material; requires the alcoholic beverage commission to issue the fines for the offense of selling or offering for sale a vapor product for retail sale in this state to anyone under 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 57 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10. - openstates.org

City Ordinances

• 🏙️ [Kansas City, MO] Ordinance 260469: ...and Triage Center (KC-ATC) and provide crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing mental health or substance use emergencies - kansascity.legistar.com

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Current

• 💸 Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) - Deadline: Jun 8, 2026
• 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Providers Clinical Support System – Substance Use Disorder Treatment (PCSS-SUD Treatment) - Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📞 National Alliance to End Homelessness - Contact Congress to demand FY2025 homelessness funds be released
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for mental health awareness month support

Update Notes

May 23, 2026 (#3390b3e) — Patch ordinance repeats and news locations

Remove law/policy city and court top-up so previously featured city ordinances are not refilled into later briefings. Update RSS location inference for News to bucket TalkingDrugs and similar items into US city/state, US state, US national, Canada, or International. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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