Harm Reduction Briefing — Jul 27, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [VT] Double the limit: Vermont bets bigger cannabis buys will beat the black market - vnews.com
- 🌿 [Royalton, Vermont] Voters to decide if Royalton allows cannabis sales - vnews.com
- 🌿 [Massachusetts] Massachusetts voters reassess recreational marijuana use this fall - wpri.com
- 🌿 [National] Frequent cannabis users wake with higher cortisol levels, study finds - medicalxpress.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No posts found today.
Innovation
- 💊 Check out the latest from CDUHR investigators Noa Krawczyk, David Frank, and Ashly Jordan- Mobile but still tied down: Challenges to scaling mobile methadone through a regulatory thicket (link) - @CDUHR_NYC on X
- 🧪 We(@Vanguard_Lab )have targeted lcmsms screens using 3 mrm transitions to identify 90+ illicit substances, method is validated for peptides, supplements and drinking water, and uses certified referance standards. We... - @Dustin_Newman on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 🧭 Experiences of Rural Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals Who Use Substances: Risk Factors of Substance Use and Barriers to Harm Reduction Services - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-07-21 - doi.org
- 🏥 Ten-year longitudinal study of incarceration among a community-based cohort of people who inject drugs - Health & Justice - 2026-07-23 - doi.org
- 🩺 Experiences of non-prescribed opioid use during opioid agonist therapy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-07-22 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
- No hits in Law and Policy today.
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- 🚑 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 🚑 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
📣 Activism
- 📣 Shatterproof - Contact North Carolina House Representative to support SB 59
- 🖥️ Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Register for Housing Not Handcuffs webinar on Trump homelessness order
- 🧡 Mobilize Recovery - Sign up to volunteer at Narcan at Night 2026 in Las Vegas
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