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📰 News Media
- [National] They once called him a ‘goose-stepping extremist.’ They’re now sitting out his comeback bid. - politico.com
- [National] Obama-era DHS chief says ‘we’ve got to stop with these funding fights’ - thehill.com
- [National] Jury finds Musk misled Twitter shareholders during takeover fight - thehill.com
- [National] Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iranian power plants if Strait of Hormuz not reopened - thehill.com
- [National] Cruz proposes splitting ICE from Homeland Security funding bill to end airport chaos - thehill.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Innovation
- 💬 Reducing opioid withdrawal by 60% in 1 hour. The NET Device is making recovery more accessible. (link) (link) - x.com
- 💬 AI for public health doesn't receive as much attention as other AI stories. Virginia's Substance Use Disorder Analytics (SUDA) platform is an AI-enhanced public health tool worth mentioning. When an overdose uptick starts developing in a community, the data to reveal it most likely exists: in hospital records, 911 logs, police reports, and social service files. The problem here? These records all live in different agencies. Getting the full picture meant submitting requests to each agency and waiting for the results. By the time the data is pulled together, the window for early intervention has likely passed. Virginia's SUDA platform is designed to pull this information into a single real-time view, with heat maps, showing where problems are developing. Officials can also see where funding and services are currently directed and quickly identify whether those resources are where the current need is. Efforts like this show how we can leverage AI to intercept problems as they are developing and implement solutions to hopefully prevent the problem from worsening. - x.com
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 More helpful i say and not a scam. The core evidence holds up exactly as you described. I looked up some stuff to form an opinion. No increase in drug use: Decades of studies (including CDC/NIDA reviews) show SSPs do not increase injection frequency, new users, or overall drug use. In fact, participants are 5× more likely to enter substance use treatment and 3× more likely to stop or reduce injecting. They get naloxone, testing, wound care, and direct referrals to recovery/housing so turning a needle swap into an on-ramp for change. Cost wise it helps unless corruption.. Studies show $3–$7+ returned per $1 invested when you factor in averted medical costs, fewer overdoses (via naloxone), and less crime-related burden. Not a "money pit" when run with accountability. I am sure people get upset about spending money on addicts like this but it is needed for all of us it seems. - x.com
- 🚫 Closing supervised consumption sites doesn’t end drug use. It moves it to the streets. No staff. No safety. No second chances. Naloxone doesn’t work if no one is there. This isn’t recovery policy, it’s a death sentence for the most vulnerable. - x.com
🏙 City Updates
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📚 Academic Research
- 💉 A mixed-methods evaluation of a statewide naloxone distribution project: considerations for future implementation of opioid overdose prevention initiatives - BMC Public Health - 2026-03-21 - doi.org
- 💊 Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment to Monitor Opioid Use and Overdose among People Who Use Opioids: A Feasibility Study (Preprint) - 2026-03-18 - doi.org
- 🔬 Regional perspectives: Substance use related problems in Ethiopia - Addiction - 2026-03-19 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
- ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Ordering Schedule I and II Controlled Substances Using DEA Form 222; Technical Amendments - federalregister.gov
- ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Bromazolam in Schedule I - federalregister.gov