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📰 News Media

• 💊 [National] Wild Trump-shaped ecstasy pills impose ‘Red Alert’ lethal consumption threat, Dutch drug agency says - nypost.com
• 🚑 [Burlington, VT] Along the banks of Lake Champlain, who’s harming whom? - bostonglobe.com
• 💊 [National] She was a pain specialist to top athletes. Her opioid prescribing alarmed the DEA - baltimoresun.com
• ⚖️ [National] Walmart to Pay $50 Million to Settle Opioid Lawsuit, U.S. Says - nytimes.com
• ⚖️ [Manchester, NH] At Dismas Home, ‘another chance’ at recovery through the drug court system - concordmonitor.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🧠 I was addicted to oxycodone earlier in college. I felt like I was a zombie. I didn’t feel anything and my life had this greyish white shader to it. I wasn’t eating much, I would sometimes wake up and immediately... - @wasdhjklxyz on X

Innovation

• 🩹 SciTechDaily: This Tiny Wearable Patch Could Automatically Reverse a Fentanyl Overdose (link) - @xalfeed on X
• 🏪 The new machines aim to make naloxone more readily available. {og:title} {article:title} (link) - @hartfordcourant on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Marketed as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act” > Responsible for 20% of the growth in homelessness > Increased drug use, overdoses, ER visits > 20% reduction in people receiving drug treatment - @skepticaliblog on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Milwaukee, WI] - August 28, 2026 - New MHD Blog Post: When Naloxone Is Within Reach, Lives Can Be Saved - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🍸 “I simply see it as our responsibility in the club business”: Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Setting-Based Harm Reduction Structures in Night Clubs in Berlin - Journal of Prevention - 2026-08-28 - doi.org
• 💊 Buprenorphine Dispensed by Pharmacies and Administered in Emergency Departments in Urban and Rural Areas — United States, 2019–2025 - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - 2026-08-27 - doi.org
• 💊 Balancing Relapse Risk and Agency in Buprenorphine-naloxone Treatment: A Qualitative Needs Assessment to Inform Patient-Centered Care - 2026-08-23 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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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
• NEW · Deadline Approaching · 🩺 Centers for Disease Control-GHC - Ending HIV and TB as public health threats through an accelerated and sustained comprehensive response in India - Deadline: Sep 16, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV funding cuts
• 🗓️ Faces & Voices of Recovery - Register for the 25th Anniversary Recovery Leadership Summit
• 🫶 Mobilize Recovery - Register to volunteer for Narcan at Night in Las Vegas

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Featured Resource

Remedy Alliance / For The People

Remedy Alliance/FTP helps community-based harm reduction organizations access low-cost naloxone for local distribution, along with technical assistance and drug-checking support.

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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