Harm Reduction Briefing — Aug 09, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [Haverhill, MA] Haverhill voters to decide whether to approve cannabis cafes on local ballot - bostonglobe.com
- 🧠 [National] Revisiting William White: The Collapse of 19th Century Addiction Treatment: Could It Happen Again? - recoveryreview.blog
- ⚖️ [International] Exclusive: How Bolivia’s Drug Laws Enable Sexual Torture - talkingdrugs.org
- 🌿 [National] More frequent marijuana users being treated with nausea and vomiting condition: Report - kdvr.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No posts found today.
Innovation
- 🏥 Inside the NYC supervised drug-use sites focusing on harm reduction: A 5-year-old experiment sanctioned by the city of New York, but not by the federal government, provide supervised sites for drug users. The goal... - @umlegacypress on Bluesky
- 🧪 These NYC centers allow heroin and crack use in-house. Nearly 5 years in, is it helping? Supporters say the supervised drug-use sites reduce overdose deaths and street drug use, and serve as a model for the rest of... - @bermaninstitute on Bluesky
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 🏥 Implementation of an In-Shelter Drug Poisoning Management Program in Calgary, Alberta: A Qualitative Study of Staff Perspectives and Experiences - International Journal on Homelessness - 2026-08-07 - doi.org
- 💉 Multidisciplinary Strategies to Improve Transitions of Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Clinical Quality Improvement Study - Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform) - 2026-08-05 - iiste.org
- 🧪 What Dose of Methamphetamine Do Regular Consumers Use Daily? Estimating Oral Amphetamine Milligram Equivalents - Journal of Addiction Medicine - 2026-08-07 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
- No hits in Law and Policy today.
💸 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
- 📣 National Homelessness Law Center - Join Housing Not Handcuffs campaign for homelessness action alerts
- 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for Overdose Awareness Month
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