Harm Reduction Briefing — Sep 18, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🍬 [National, Louisiana] Parents left 4-year-old who ate a THC gummy at home so they could go to football game: cops - nypost.com
- 🧠 [International] LEONIE SCHNEIDER, BSC & IAN ROULLIER, MA | We need compassionate access to psychedelic treatment - drogriporter.hu
- 💉 [New Hampshire] Ex-Dem lobbyist for company that promoted addictive opioid clears key gubernatorial hurdle - foxnews.com
- 🌿 [Massachusetts] Massachusetts marijuana sales top $10B as regulators prepare for social consumption - nepm.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 📦 Shelby County residents can now order overdose prevention supplies, including, naloxone for home delivery. @ShelbyTNHealth has now expanded the Know Your Status campaign by introducing the 901 Care Kit with fentanyl... - @ShelbyTNHealth on X
- 💊 Please take some time to read William Kinkle's piece written earlier this year about his experience with medetomidine. I can't imagine surviving half of what he described. This story highlights several things. 1️⃣... - @triciac13 on LinkedIn
Opposition Views
- No posts found today.
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 🩺 The Ganchero intervention: a pilot clinical trial with Puerto Rican migrants who inject drugs living in New York City - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-09-18 - doi.org
- 💊 Increased buprenorphine prescribing following implementation of a low-barrier virtual prescriber network - Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment - 2026-09-15 - doi.org
- 💉 Disparities in Emergency Department Naloxone Distribution: The Impact of Hospital Ownership on Access and Policy Implications - RVU Elevate - 2026-09-15 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
- No hits in Law and Policy today.
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- Deadline Approaching · 💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 2026
- Deadline Approaching · 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
📣 Activism
- ✉️ National Council for Mental Wellbeing - Send a message to your Representative supporting the 988 Implementation Act
- 📣 Mobilize Recovery - RSVP for federal advocacy training for recovery advocates
- 🗓️ Faces & Voices of Recovery - Register for the 2026 Recovery Leadership Summit virtual event
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Newsletter Improvements
September 13, 2026 (#5c603ea) - Testing navigation arrows. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]
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