Harm Reduction Briefing — Apr 06, 2026
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📰 News Media
🗣️ Social Pulse
Innovation
- 🏪 Our free Public Health Vending Machines make lifesaving overdose prevention supplies easy to access. Each machine includes Narcan nasal spray and Fentanyl & Xylazine test strips to help reduce harm and save lives in... - x.com
- 🛰️ RNs - sentinel surveillance for adulteration of illicit fentanyl in PA and OHIO - There is a protocol from Philadelphia. See link See: Dr Michael Lynch FENTANYL ADULTERATION W MEDETOMIDINE AND OTHER Medetomidine and... - x.com
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 One pill can kill. Fentanyl is now in counterfeit pills that look exactly like real prescriptions. Per CDC, it drives most teen overdose deaths. The ER sees kids who had no idea what they took. Harm reduction saves... - bsky.app
- 🟢 Take Narcan with you everywhere you go. You can always be ready to save a life. Thank you to our program and grant partners at Mundelein, Mundelein PD, and @LakeCoHealth for distributing #Narcan, training... - x.com
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Reciprocal influences between overdose experiences and naloxone access among people who use drugs utilizing a syringe services program: a cross-lagged panel model - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-04-05 - doi.org
- 💉 Implementation of low-dose buprenorphine induction at a syringe services program - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-04-06 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 📜 [Maine] An Act To Expand Access And Reduce Barriers To Access To Naloxone Hydrochloride And Other Opioid Overdose-Reversing Medications - openstates.org
- 📜 [Pennsylvania] An Act amending the act of November 3, 2022 (P.L.2158, No.158), known as the Overdose Mapping Act, further providing for definitions and for establishment and design; and providing for entry requirements for EMS providers. - openstates.org
💸 Funding
Current
- 💸 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY25 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program - Deadline: May 4, 2026
- 💸 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY25 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative - Deadline: May 4, 2026
Future
📣 Activism
- No activism updates found.
Update Notes
April 6, 2026 (#008b5b7) — Use curl for Congress env check I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech
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