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📰 News Media

• 🧪 [National] Overdose Prevention: Utilizing Drug Checking Programs to Save Lives - networkforphl.org
• 📊 [England and Scotland] Wastewater analysis: estimating drug consumption, 2021 to 2026 - gov.uk
• 💰 [Location uncertain: Vermont] Addison County lands $3 million grant to fight addiction - vtdigger.org
• 🧰 [Fall River, MA] Fall River City Council pushes back on harm reduction bags - wpri.com
• ⚖️ [Baton Rouge, LA] Confidence in CATS leadership fading as selective enforcement of drug policies exposed by WBRZ - wbrz.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 📱 REAL-TIME ADDICTION ADVICE — 24/7 If you are trying to help someone struggling with addiction and you’re constantly asking yourself, “What do I do now?” — I built this app for you. It is designed for families,... - @PeterPerthWA on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 No, I do not support safe drug supply. I refuse to normalize state-funded addiction or pretend that giving people pharmaceutical-grade drugs is a solution. It is a failure of leadership. I deeply understand the... - @nathenmazri on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San Jose, CA] - October 16, 2026 - Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention Newsletter - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🧠 Study protocol for Hastiin Bidziil (Strong Man): a randomized controlled trial of a strength-based, culturally adapted intervention for substance use reduction among American Indian men - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-10-14 - doi.org
• 🚭 Evaluating Healthcare Center Staff Attitudes Toward Adoption of Tobacco-Free Policies and Concurrent Tobacco Use and Behavioral Health Treatment in Rural and Medically Underserved Areas of Texas - Healthcare - 2026-10-16 - doi.org
• 🌿 Global cannabis regulations: Current scenario and the way ahead - Journal of Opioid Management - 2026-10-14 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 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

• 📣 Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Find a No Kings Day Rally and Bring a Housing Not Handcuffs Sign
• ✊ National Alliance to End Homelessness - Sign Up for the November 18 Keep People Home National Day of Action

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Featured Resource

NEXT Distro

NEXT Distro expands mail-based harm reduction access for people who cannot use local programs, offering sterile syringes and other safer-use supplies in select states, with naloxone available too.

Newsletter Improvements

October 16, 2026 (#d5d311e) - Better internal tracking. Whitelisting more publishers. Better duplicate check for News section. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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