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📰 News Media
- 🧭 [National] Sign On to the National Support Letter Calling on Congress to Support Second Chance Act Funding in FY27 - addictionpolicy.org
- 💊 [National] DEA Permanently Bans Five Benzos, the First to Be Placed in Schedule I - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Innovation
- 📡 Technology is transforming health care and could do the same for overdose prevention by helping people detect risks earlier and respond faster. If paired with strong privacy protections and fewer legal barriers, these tools can expand harm reduction efforts and save lives. - bsky.app
- 🧭 NJ is showing what overdose prevention looks like: treat #harmreduction like health care. Meeting people with naloxone, test strips, sterile supplies, and connection to care saves lives, reduces stigma, and helps communities. Keep going, NJ. @GovSherrillNJ (link) - x.com
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 Overdoses have been trending down, but doesn’t address root cause. Naloxone saves lives, but doesn’t solve addiction. Need to saturate overdose response, then stabilize immediately, then transition people into structured treatment and housing, or the crisis loop continues. - x.com
- 🚫 Normalizing illegal drug use is not progress it’s surrender. These substances are prohibited because of the harm they cause: addiction, mental health breakdown, chronic illness, crime, and broken families. True compassion means guiding people toward recovery, not pretending risky behavior is manageable. We can support those struggling without endorsing the behavior that harms them. Education. Prevention. Rehabilitation. Accountability. That’s the conversation we should be amplifying. ✊🚫 - x.com
🏙 City Updates
- [New York, NY] - February 11, 2026 - NYC Health Department Expands Overdose Prevention Program to 16th Hospital As New Data Show Overdose Deaths Remain Steady - nyc.gov
[Los Angeles, California] - January 14, 2026 - Mental Health Resources and Disaster Recovery Updates - newsletter
EXCERPT: "LACDMH will continue to provide mental health and supportive services through June 2026 for those displaced by the Eaton and Palisades Fires, funded by SAMHSA’s Emergency Response Grant (SERG).
Residents can access 24/7 support via the Los Angeles County Help Line for Mental Health & Substance Use Services at 800-854-7771, CalHOPE Warm Line at 833-317-4673, and SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline at 800-985-5990.
LACDMH operates two walk-in centers for mental health support—the Eaton Fire Collaborative in Altadena (540 W. Woodbury Road) and the Palisades Fire Collaborative in Los Angeles (15247 La Cruz Drive), open 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Monday–Friday.
More disaster resources are available on the LACDMH disaster resources page: [LACDMH Disaster Resources](https://dmh.lacounty.gov/disaster-resources?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=)."
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📚 Academic Research
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⚖️ Law & Policy
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💸 Funding
Current
- National Institutes of Health - Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional) - Deadline: Aug 21, 2028
- Open Society Foundations - Leadership in Government Fellowship program - Deadline: rolling
- Comer Family Foundation - Syringe Services & Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs Grant - Average single-year gifts range from $2,500 to $20,000 - Deadline: Applications are accepted online by 11:59pm CST on May 1 and November 1