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📰 News Media

• 💉 [National] Policy & Advocacy Work | National Harm Reduction ... - harmreduction.org
• 💉 [National] International Overdose Awareness Day 2015 - harmreduction.org
• 🚬 [National] The unique contribution of e-cigarettes for tobacco harm ... - harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com
• 💉 [National] Orienting patients to greater opioid safety: models of ... - harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🧠 I was dropping my kids off when we drove past a man lying face down beside the sidewalk. I pulled over, grabbed my naloxone, and went to check on him. He was barely conscious, completely out of it. The visible toll... - @guyfelicella on X

Innovation

• 🧪 Official Vanguard COA Confirms Studz’s Beebo Sample Is Negative for Fentanyl We now have Vanguard Laboratory’s official COA for a liquid 5-Amino-1MQ sample purchased directly from Beebo by Studz. The sample tested... - @Krysia830073 on X
• 🧯 ok I just wanna tell u be fucking careful!! test ur shit w fentanyl and xylazine test strips bc that shit will kill u real quick (it did me im lucky to be alive rn) & sleep on the regular like 2 hours a day at LEAST... - @dxmfairy on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Lucky you. Im an addict Who goes to meetings and harm reduction kills mote than it saves. I see them die daily. Do you go to meetings and help through abstinence. It works way better. Harm Reduction is unaffective... - @I_gotta_wonder on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🧫 The impact of harm reduction interventions on injection‐related bacterial infections among people who inject drugs: A systematic review - Addiction - 2026-08-02 - doi.org
• 🧠 Community Advisory Board Members Speak Out: Insights From an Opioid Overdose Study - Health Expectations - 2026-08-01 - doi.org
• 🧠 Suicidal ideation, mental health services, and barriers to care among syringe services program clients who use opioids - PLoS ONE - 2026-07-30 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
• 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Limited Competition: Growing Great Ideas: Research Education Course in Entrepreneurship and Product Development for Researchers Studying Drug Use, Drug Misuse, and Drug Addiction (UE5 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Oct 1, 2026

📣 Activism

• ✍️ National Harm Reduction Coalition - Submit CDC comments on syringe services program survey revisions
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof’s July 2026 recovery advocacy work

Submit a Link

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Featured Resource

Spirit of Harm Reduction Faith Toolkit

Collaborate with faith communities to challenge stigma and build welcoming, justice-centered responses with harm reduction education, reflection prompts, and spiritual activities.

Newsletter Improvements

August 2, 2026 (#15fbf2e) - Making city updates sourcing more resilient. Increasing adherence to audience preferences. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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