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📰 News Media
- 🫂 [Phoenix, Arizona] Impending Parks Ban Looms Over Phoenix Harm Reduction Efforts - filtermag.org
- 💊 [Boston, MA] What to know about how GLP-1 medications might fight addiction - bostonherald.com
- 🟢 [New York, NY] They Helped Her Open a Weed Shop. Now They’re Suing for $2.5 Million. - nytimes.com
- 🧠 [National] Opinion: U.S. needs a national prevention infrastructure for mental and behavioral disorders - statnews.com
- 🧭 [National] No, Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Has Not Proved Narcan “Ineffective” - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Innovation
- 🧬 As researchers test and evaluate chemical detection equipment, our chemical detection libraries enable verification of threat identities. Read more on the blog ---> #chemicaldetection #chemicalthreats (link) - x.com
- 🧪 Monroe County is stepping up its efforts to combat drug overdoses by offering fentanyl and xylazine test strips in indoor naloxone boxes. (link) - x.com
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 Naloxone is a proven, life-saving tool that can reverse an opioid overdose. Awareness and access can mean the difference between life and death. Learn more at (link) #NaloxoneSavesLives #SubstanceAwareness - x.com
- 🚫 Is that part of the "Harm Reduction" failed approach of the last 25 years in BC? Criminalization is the 1st step. Enforcement is the 2nd step. Arrest is the 3rd step. - x.com
🏙 City Updates
- [Memphis, TN] - March 4, 2026 - Shelby County Health Department Observes Black Balloon Day on March 6, 2026 - shelbytnhealth.com
- [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
📚 Academic Research
- 2026-03-05 - Impact of lab-based drug checking services on syringe service program engagement in Maryland, USA - Harm Reduction Journal - doi.org
- 2026-03-03 - Pharmacist-led harm reduction outreach for veterans who inject drugs: A quality improvement evaluation - INNOVATIONS in pharmacy - doi.org
- 2026-03-02 - Mobitz I Atrioventricular Block Following Combined Opioid and Benzodiazepine Overdose: A Case Report - Cureus - doi.org
⚖️ 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 on May 1 and November 1 each year (online by 11:59pm CST)