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📰 News Media

• No News hits found today.

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• ⌚ 100,000 overdose deaths a year. Most happen alone, with no one to administer Narcan in time. NarcoGuard changes that. Wearable. Automatic. Life-saving. (link) - x.com
• 💊 If the goal is preventing death, why not massively distribute naloxone and drug checking tools directly to users instead of relying on fixed site models that don’t scale citywide? - x.com

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 These funds — drawn from opioid settlement dollars — will expand: • Street-based MOUD • Naloxone distribution • Drug checking • Housing & workforce supports • Youth & family resiliency programs - x.com

🏙 City Updates

• [San Diego, California] - January 20, 2026 - Drug Trend Alert: Medetomidine Detected in the Illicit Drug Supply - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info
• [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] - January 15, 2026 - City of Milwaukee Health Department Releases Community Health Assessment - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info
• [Los Angeles, California] - January 14, 2026 - Mental Health Resources and Disaster Recovery Updates - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 2026-02-26 - Hi-fun, homepas and incidental sex with drugs: a qualitative study developing a locally grounded definition of hi-fun (chemsex) compared to other sexualised drug use types practiced by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Thailand - Harm Reduction Journal - doi.org
• 2026-03-02 - Barriers and facilitators of implementation of liver screening in an outreach-based care pathway for people experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders: a qualitative study of clinicians’ and stakeholders’ perspectives - Harm Reduction Journal - doi.org
• 2026-02-27 - Overdose Prevention Centers, Disorder, and Economic Activity - JAMA Network Open - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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Update Notes

March 1, 2026 (#45558e9) — Refining the social media discourse filtering to better ensure posts are classified correctly across harm reduction support and opposition. Did some work planning integration of Reddit, judicial rulings, city council ordinances, and funding opportunities. I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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