Harm Reduction Briefing — Aug 28, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 💉 [New Jersey] NJ towns ‘wasted’ $2.3M of opioid settlement on lavish purchases: ‘people are dying because of this’ - nypost.com
- 🌿 [Massachusetts] As Mass. cracks down on kratom, advocates say the ban is more dangerous than certain forms of the drug - bostonglobe.com
- 💊 [Charlotte, NC] Takeaways about pain specialist to star athletes accused of writing illegal opioid scripts - apnews.com
- 🚓 [National] Police Are Spending Opioid Settlement Funds on Flock Cameras - motherjones.com
- 💉 [New York, NY] Op-Ed | In the knick of time, you can save a life with Naloxone - amny.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No posts found today.
Innovation
- 🎯 Moving from passive collection to active intervention is the actual game changer. A dashboard just gives you awareness, but an agent that nudges you at the exact moment your recovery drops turns data into actual... - @Emegothefirst on X
- 🛟 @Super_Powers_AI Hey Super, build a p5.js interactive Narcan (naloxone) nasal spray administration trainer that teaches the 5-step opioid overdose response protocol through a guided practice scenario. (link) The... - @RohanArun on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 🧪 Suggestions from Clinicians and Harm Reduction Specialists to Mitigate the Impact of Xylazine on People Who Use Opioids - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-08-25 - doi.org
- 💉 Toward policy punctuation: a content analysis of harm reduction framing in fentanyl test strip policy in texas - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions - 2026-08-24 - doi.org
- 💊 Developing the Dopamine D3 Receptor (D3R) Antagonist, ( R )‐VK4‐116, as a Non‐Opioid Medication for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder - Medicinal Research Reviews - 2026-08-25 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- Deadline Approaching · 🚑 Office of National Drug Control Policy - Nonfatal Overdoses in Emergency Departments: Bridging Patient Characteristics, Biospecimen Toxicology, and Drug Supply Composition - Deadline: Aug 31, 2026
- 💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 2026
Future
📣 Activism
- 🧡 Mobilize Recovery - Register for Narcan at Night overdose prevention volunteer event
- 🗓️ Faces & Voices of Recovery - Register for the 25th Anniversary Recovery Leadership Summit
- 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV funding cuts
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Featured Resource
SafeSpot is a free, confidential, 24/7 overdose prevention hotline for people using drugs alone. A trained peer stays on the phone and can contact help if you become unresponsive. Call 1-800-972-0590.
Newsletter Improvements
August 28, 2026 (#9298194) - Patching bug where brackets in Scheduling titles broke the URL of that Law and Policy item I love feedback and requests - [email protected]
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