Harm Reduction Briefing — Nov 03, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🧪 [National] Why Doctors Are Last to Know What’s in the Drug Supply - time.com
- 💉 [Los Angeles, CA] LA County pauses syringe and pipe handouts at Skid Row services hub - laist.com
- 🛟 [Providence, RI] Inside Rhode Island’s overdose prevention center: Is it saving lives? - vermontpublic.org
- 🩺 [National] Study provides reassuring news for women using medications to treat opioid use disorder during pregnancy - medicalxpress.com
- ⚠️ [Baton Rouge, LA] Increased deaths due to synthetic opioid substances, coroner says - wbrz.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No posts found today.
Innovation
- 🧪 This Saturday, we are drug checking in #Camden How does it work? 1. Surrender a substance 2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use 3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids 4. After ~1 hour,... - @WeAreTheLoopUK on X
- 📞 📢 Injury Blog: New program brings 24/7 opioid treatment expertise to providers across Iowa 💊A new 24/7 statewide consultation program, I-BEACON (Iowa Buprenorphine Education, Access, and Consultation Network),... - @UIIPRC on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- 📧 - [Baltimore, MD] - November 2, 2026 - Ongoing Threat of Benzodiazepines in Illicit Drug Supply - view newsletter online for more info
- 📊 - [Austin, TX] - November 2, 2026 - Austin Public Health Launches Updated Opioid Overdose Dashboard - austintexas.gov
📚 Academic Research
- 🤝 Applying the Transcreation Framework to Design the Recovery Coach Doula Role and Delivery Model to Support Individuals with Substance Use Disorder in the Perinatal Period - Behavioral Sciences - 2026-11-02 - doi.org
- 💉 Wider Availability of Naloxone in Australia 1999–2025: Across‐Sector Collaboration in Policy and Practice Development and Diffusion - Drug and Alcohol Review - 2026-11-01 - doi.org
- 📊 From opioids to methamphetamine: an eleven‑year analysis of changing drug treatment admissions in Türkiye, 2013–2023 - Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy - 2026-10-31 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
- No hits in Law and Policy today.
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- Deadline Approaching · 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
- Deadline Approaching · 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
Future
- 🌱 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Centering Compassion to Create Community and Government Systems that Promote Wellbeing for All - Expected: Dec 9, 2026
- 🧠 Elevance Health Foundation - Behavioral Health - Grant ranges are open; funding levels are determined based on several factors, including need and the plan presented. - Expected: Jan 1, 2027
📣 Activism
- 🎟️ National Harm Reduction Coalition - Get tickets for NHRC’s 30th anniversary fundraiser in Brooklyn
- 🎓 Shatterproof - Register for Shatterproof’s November 12 webinar on kratom policy and treatment
- 💻 Mobilize Recovery - Register for Mobilize Recovery’s December 9 Virtual Community Gathering
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