Harm Reduction Briefing — Aug 07, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 💉 [New York City (East Harlem), New York] These NYC centers allow hard drug use in-house. Nearly 5 years in, is it helping? - cbsnews.com
- 🌿 [San Diego, CA] San Diego demanda al propietario de 11 ‘smoke shops’ por venta ilegal de kratom - timesofsandiego.com
- 💊 [Williamstown, NJ] South Jersey doctor's license revoked for illegally distributing opioids - phillyvoice.com
- 🏛️ [National] Exclusive Senate Bill Would Crack Down on Foreign Drug Manufacturing - news.bgov.com
- 🎛️ [National] “Their drugs all tested as expected.” - recoveryreview.blog
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 💊 What if we could flag addiction risk before the first pain prescription is ever written? Thrive Genetics is doing exactly that. 💊 Watch: (link) #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #Addiction - @startuphealth on X
- 🤖 Loosid Combats Addiction Isolation with Comprehensive Digital Support and 24/7 AI Mentorship - @ABNewswire on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 💊 The pathway to establishing and implementing opioid agonist therapy (OAT) for people who inject drugs in Nairobi, Kenya - Frontiers in Public Health - 2026-08-03 - doi.org
- 🩺 SP 6.04 Changing Minds, Changing Practice: Improving Opioid Prescribing in General Surgery - British journal of surgery - 2026-08-01 - doi.org
- 🤖 “Smart” harm reduction vending machines to improve public health: Evaluating the utilization - Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment - 2026-08-01 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
City Ordinances
💸 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
- 📝 Mobilize Recovery - Register for Understanding Recovery and Accessibility workshop
- 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof’s July 2026 recovery advocacy work
- 📣 National Homelessness Law Center - Join Housing Not Handcuffs campaign for homelessness action alerts
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