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📰 News Media

• 💊 [National] CDC Identifies Specific Drugs Most Frequently Cited in Overdose Deaths - filtermag.org
• 🧪 [National] Commission to Look at Methadone Regs, But Don’t Hold Your Breath - filtermag.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🤖 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year. Most didn't know fentanyl was in what they took. DoseAware brings AI-powered education, treatment plans, and anonymous support to the people who need it most. (link) - x.com
• 💬 Pull-Up & Pick-Up 3/20/26 at 10am Free harm reduction supplies provided by Behavioral Health Services’ Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS)! 👉 Fentanyl/Xylazine Testing Strips 👉 Nasal Narcan 👉 Gun Locks 📍 400 S. 5th St. 📋 Register here: (link) - x.com

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 2. Officials say the funding will help expand access to naloxone as the state works to prevent overdose deaths. State health leaders report overdose deaths have dropped 35% since 2023,... - x.com
• 🚫 Sober living, drug treatment, and addiction services are RIDDLED with fraud. Almost every single facility is basically selling medicaid and insurance numbers to the highest bidder Florida has passed laws that makes this fall under "human trafficking" to hopefully deter this - x.com

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🧠 Understanding the role of overdose witnesses: responses and characteristics of people who inject drugs in Oakland and San Francisco - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-03-08 - doi.org
• 🧬 Changes in Blood DNA CpG Methylation Levels in Response to Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Epigenome-Wide Longitudinal Study - Epigenomes - 2026-03-05 - doi.org
• 💊 Association between extended-release buprenorphine adherence and reduced healthcare costs among insured patients with opioid use disorder - Frontiers in Public Health - 2026-03-05 - 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 - Open Society Fellowship - Deadline: rolling

Future

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

Update Notes

March 10, 2026 (#e20578f) — Fixing to prevent a false positive in news section from yesterday, plus making sure news hits submitted manually include an emoji and specify news location I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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