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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

  EXCERPT: "- The City of San José is piloting a Community Paramedicine program to have specially-trained paramedics respond to behavioral health and addiction crises on our streets.
  - The pilot aims to reduce the burden on other first responders while connecting people to appropriate health and social services.
  - The initiative is included in the City Manager’s Proposed Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027."
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📚 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

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💸 Funding Click to expand

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
• 🏥 Hearst Foundations - Health - Hearst Foundations — Health funding (via year-round rolling applications) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🏥 Hearst Foundations - Social Service - Hearst Foundations — Year-round, rolling applications for Social Service funding (via Grants Portal) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: No deadlines; year-round, rolling application.
• 🤝 Smart Family Fund - Angel Philanthropy (First-Time Grants) - First-time grants range from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch

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.)
• 🤝 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - RWJF Funding and Research Opportunities (Active and Upcoming) - Expected: TBA

📣 Activism

• 🖥️ Shatterproof - Save your spot for Shatterproof kratom webinar