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  "id": 306309,
  "title": "Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/federal-funds-cant-be-used-to-give-test-strips-to-drug-users-raising-306309",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-08T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5874719/federal-funds-cant-be-used-to-give-test-strips-to-drug-users-raising-overdose-fears"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.",
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        "title": "Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/federal-funds-cant-be-used-to-give-test-strips-to-drug-users-raising",
        "published": "2026-08-08T10:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}