Harm Reduction Briefing — Mar 24, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🚬 [National] IMF Publishes Call for Risk-Proportionate Nicotine Taxation - filtermag.org
- 💊 [National] Rezenopy, the 10 Mg Naloxone Nasal Spray, Enters the OD Antidote Market - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Innovation
- 🤖 - Mark Tyndall (former Deputy Provincial Health Officer in British Columbia and senior federal advisor): While still in government roles, he advocated for safe supply and decriminalization. After leaving, he founded MySafe Society, which developed biometric opioid vending machines to dispense hydromorphone and other opioids to users. The federal government (via Health Canada's Substance Use and Addictions Program) provided over $4.5 million in taxpayer funding to support this project. - Perry Kendall (former BC Provincial Health Officer): He advocated for harm reduction policies including safe supply while in his government position. After retiring, he founded Fair Price Pharma, a company focused on manufacturing injectable heroin (diacetylmorphine) and other opioids intended for safer supply programs. - x.com
- 🏛️ Order in the court, and naloxone on hand. PAs new "Narcan in Courts" initiative is putting lifesaving overdose reversal meds where emergencies can happen, including courthouses and district courts statewide. Public spaces should be ready to save lives. (link) - x.com
Harm Reduction Discourse
- 🟢 Through the NIH HEALing Communities Study, jails that partnered with local coalitions dramatically increased overdose education and naloxone access for people leaving incarceration—a time when overdose risk is especially high. Read more: (link) - x.com
- 🟢 Harm reduction proud about offering Naloxone and test strips is painful. We are hundreds of thousand of lives beyond this being considered progress. It’s criminal that this is considered improvement decades later. End prohibition legalize and regulate supply. @aclu @Filtermag_org - x.com
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 🩺 Opioid Crisis: Causes, Impacts, and Response Strategies - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-03-22 - doi.org
- 🧪 Perceived harm reduction impact of a drug checking service in Vienna: A qualitative study among current and prospective service users - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-03-19 - doi.org
- 💊 Laboratories of Harm Reduction and Treatment: Determinants of States' Policy Adoptions to Address the Opioid Epidemic - Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law - 2026-03-20 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
- ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of 3-Methoxyphencyclidine (1-(1-(3-Methoxyphenyl)cyclohexyl)piperidine) in Schedule I - federalregister.gov
- ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Ordering Schedule I and II Controlled Substances Using DEA Form 222; Technical Amendments - federalregister.gov
Court Decisions
- 🩺 [Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit] United States v. Paul Curry: This Sixth Circuit ruling may affect how communities and partner agencies handle substance use interventions—such as access to overdose-prevention tools and related supports tied to Medicaid, housing, and criminal-justice pathways—by shaping what conduct law enforcement can address. - courtlistener.com
- 🩺 [Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit] United States v. Michael Wayne Bailey: This Sixth Circuit ruling may matter for public health and harm-reduction efforts by influencing how courts view possession or related conduct involving controlled substances, which can affect access to services like naloxone distribution, treatment, and related safety planning for people at risk of overdose. - courtlistener.com
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