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📰 News Media

• ⚖️ [TX] THCa Will Get You High, but Is It Legal in Texas? - dallasobserver.com
• 📰 [National] STAT investigates the epidemic killing 178,000 Americans a year - statnews.com
• 📰 [National] STAT+: 1 in 8 women drink during pregnancy. Experts dread the consequences - statnews.com
• 🧠 [CA] Rep. Lou Correa says "we owe it to our veterans" to research psychedelic drug therapies - cbsnews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Left: trapped in addiction, living on the streets, daily shooting speedballs. Right: 677 days in sobriety and recovery. Two years ago, I was living on the streets and honestly didn’t think I’d make it to 2025.... - @kaiba755 on X

Innovation

• 🧪 1. Nationwide Deployment: Starting June 2026 Director-General Datuk Ruslin Jusoh confirmed that specialized test kits have already been distributed to all NADA offices across the country. > The Launch: Official... - @NST_Online on X
• 🏥 Supervised consumption sites ARE NOT the problem. They’re part of the solution to reducing overdose deaths, open drug use, public disorder, and connecting people to treatment, healthcare, and recovery services.... - @guyfelicella on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 They call these policies “harm reduction.” I consider them “harm enabling.” Giving drug-addicted users needles to shoot up meth and fentanyl is never a good idea. @USAttyEssayli - @thenate36 on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Minneapolis, MN] - May 29, 2026 - May Edition of Public Health Matters - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info
• 💊 - [New York, NY] - May 29, 2026 - ‘Just in Case’: NYC Health Department Encourages New Yorkers To Carry Naloxone, Offered by Mail for Free Through New Awareness Campaign - nyc.gov

📚 Academic Research

• 💉 A community engaged approach to opioid overdose prevention through health literacy and experiential learning - Discover Public Health - 2026-05-29 - doi.org
• 💉 Characteristics of People Who Inject Drugs Approached for Injection Assistance in Rural Kentucky - Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - 2026-05-29 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Kentucky] AN ACT relating to behavioral health services and declaring an emergency. - openstates.org
• 📜 [New York] Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year - openstates.org

City Ordinances

• 🏘️ [Philadelphia, PA] 260565: Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," to establish security requirements for senior housing facilities, under certain terms and conditions. - phila.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 Harm Reduction Coalition - Tell Congress to reject the Trump administration’s budget cuts to HIV care
• 📣 Shatterproof - Urge Congress to support the School Access to Naloxone Act

Update Notes

May 29, 2026 (#423f4e3) — Doing some work under-the-hood, switching from Poetry to uv, speeding up the installs and overall runtime. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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