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📰 News Media

• 🧠 [National] Adolescent Cannabis Use Associated With Increased Risk of Psychiatric Disorders - addictionpolicy.org
• 🧠 [National] Opinion: Obesity drugs may silence the ‘drug noise’ behind all addiction - statnews.com
• 💊 [National] Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs - nytimes.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 📦 "AuthorsOwnWords: The Lookout Project: A Student-Run Mail-Based Overdose Response Kit Distribution Program Through Social Media During COVID-19: "... nonprofit organization founded by college students, shows potential for informing other student-run organizations about naloxone distribution programs using social media advertising." - x.com
• 🧭 📄 The World Health Organisation (@who.int) published a revised operational guide on needle and syringe programmes The guide provides evidence-based steps to help countries plan, implement and scale up needle and syringe programmes as part of harm reduction responses for people who inject drugs. - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 who use drugs, & supporting folks in their individual journeys. Often, OPCs & other harm reduction programs like #SyringeServicesPrograms (#SSPs) support folks in accessing voluntary #Treatment. As this piece by @AHCJ shares, in which NHRC is mentioned, "Safe injection sites are - x.com
• 🚫 Detox and rehab should be the main thrust of this program. Most of the people should never have been addicted to drugs. The borders should have been closed and have tough drug laws. Instead, we have CA giving out drug paraphernalia such as needles pipes and foil to "reduce harm". - x.com

🏙 City Updates

• 🎈 - [Memphis, TN] - March 4, 2026 - Shelby County Health Department Observes Black Balloon Day on March 6, 2026 - shelbytnhealth.com
• [New York, NY] - February 11, 2026 - NYC Health Department Expands Overdose Prevention Program to 16th Hospital As New Data Show Overdose Deaths Remain Steady - nyc.gov

📚 Academic Research

• 2026-03-04 - Strengthening harm reduction services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who inject drugs: a reflexive assessment using the CONSIDER statement - Rural and Remote Health - doi.org
• 2026-03-05 - Risk reduction behaviours following the detection of unexpected drugs through community drug checking: a cross-sectional study - Harm Reduction Journal - doi.org
• 2026-03-05 - Take-Home Naloxone for People who use Opioids: A Contribution to Reducing Drug-Related Deaths – Current Situation in Germany - SUCHT - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click for more)

Current

• National Institutes of Health - Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional) - Deadline: Aug 21, 2028
• Open Society Foundations - Leadership in Government Fellowship program - Deadline: rolling

Future

• AIDS United - Harm Reduction Futures Fund - Expected: TBA

Update Notes

March 4, 2026 (#098bd89) — Big upgrade. Added Reddit scan to Social section. Added City Council ordinance and Supreme/Appellate courts scan to Law and Policy. Added new funding section containing Federal and private opportunities, current and former. May be some bugs in the next week as changes get ironed out. I hope people like the expansions!! I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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