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📰 News Media

• 🧩 [National] Ontario to end funding to multiple drug consumption sites, forcing them to close - cbc.ca
• 🧭 [New Mexico] New Mexico Will Fund Psychedelic Treatment for Patients on Low Incomes - filtermag.org
• ⚖️ [Maryland] MD to continue lawsuit against Live Nation even after settlement - thedailyrecord.com
• 🔥 [National] Drug smoking can lead to severe burns, complicating harm reduction efforts - statnews.com
• ⚠️ [National] DOJ, VA to Take Legal Guardianship of Unhoused Veterans for “Ongoing Care” - filtermag.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🧰 Folks are upset over this. But imagine needing something that could save your life—and not being able to get it. We’re launching vending machines with free naloxone (reverses overdoses), Plan B, test strips, and more—24/7. (link) - x.com
• 🧪 Drug checking equipment, like test strips, can save lives: (link) - x.com
• 🧬 MRIGlobal is prepared to support future fentanyl eradication efforts. #NationalSecurity #CounterFentanyl #ChemicalDetection #CBRNE (link) - x.com

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🟢 For years, prevention specialists with Face to Face have given harm reduction tools to keep clients safe, including the overdose reversal medication, naloxone. The numbers show that outreach is sav… (link) - x.com
• 🟢 Safe consumption sites do not supply drugs. They monitor their use and prevent OD deaths. Providing sterilized needles prevents dangerous sharing and discarding in public areas. Closing gateways to addiction support and treatment overloads paramedics and ERs Drugs and alcohol - x.com

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Denver, Colorado] - March 17, 2026 - Naloxone Available for Free at Denver Public Libraries - newsletter - click.info.denvergov.org

📚 Academic Research

• 🧰 In Support of Harm Reduction Supply Distribution Via Vending Machines: Position Statement of AMERSA, Inc. - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-03-17 - doi.org
• 🧪 “No judgment, no preaching”: approaches to harm reduction service provision for people who use drugs in North Carolina - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-03-17 - doi.org
• 💊 Perspectives from opioid treatment program staff on community pharmacy-based methadone dispensing in North Carolina - Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment - 2026-03-14 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 Funding

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

Future

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

Update Notes

March 14, 2026 (#ad29385) — Tighten filters for social, city update, and funding sections. Improve logging for law and policy. I love feedback and requests – contact@christianarthur.tech

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