Harm Reduction Briefing — Oct 15, 2026
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📰 News Media
- ⚖️ Human Rights and Harm Reduction 2.0: Beyond HIV and the Evidentiary Double Standard in Drug Policy - hhrjournal.org
- 🧪 [National] NIST Study Shows How the Toxic Substances Mixed Into Fentanyl Vary Across the U.S. and Change Over Time - nist.gov
- ⚠️ [Austin, TX] Austin police warn about dangerous, unregulated opioid products sold at smoke shops - yahoo.com
- ⚖️ [Pennsylvania] High court rejects challenge to how Pa. treats users accused of supplying drugs in fatal overdoses - ca.news.yahoo.com
- ⚖️ Human Rights and Harm Reduction 2.0: Beyond HIV and ... - hhrjournal.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 📱 For adults initiating #Buprenorphine during hospitalization, a patient navigation and #mHealth incentive intervention was feasible to deliver and highly rated, with similar outpatient linkage as usual care in this... - @JAMANetworkOpen on X
- 🧪 The Transparency Triple Check: 1️⃣ Screen with strips (fentanyl, xylazine, nitazene) 2️⃣ Use multiple reagents to see if your sample reacts as expected 3️⃣ Compare with lab-verified videos in the Transparency Harm... - @BunkPolice on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
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📚 Academic Research
- 🚑 Responding to the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis With a Tri-Government Incident Command Structure in Portland, Oregon, 2024. - PubMed - 2026-10-13 - doi.org
- 🌍 Substance use, related harms and public health responses in Colombia: A national profile - Addiction - 2026-10-13 - doi.org
- 📱 Patient Navigation Plus mHealth Incentives for Linkage to OUD Care for Adults Who Also Use Methamphetamines - JAMA Network Open - 2026-10-13 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
City Ordinances
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- Deadline Approaching · 🛠️ Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) - Deadline: Nov 2, 2026
- 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
📣 Activism
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Featured Resource
Philadelphia Medetomidine Response Guidance
Philadelphia's evolving guidance about medetomidine covers breathing-first overdose response, severe withdrawal warning signs, early treatment, monitoring, and transfer criteria.
Newsletter Improvements
October 15, 2026 (#50ee8a4) - Whitelisting publishers, adapting sourcing. Deduplicating in rollup. Attempting to make location more accurate to article. Centering ordinance titles around audience preferences. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]