Harm Reduction Briefing — Sep 30, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🧪 [Virginia] Hard-to-detect synthetic opioids evade fentanyl test strips, toxicologist warns - wtop.com
- 🌿 [Dallas, TX] How is the Texas THC ban affecting users? Results are mixed, Dallas doctor says - dallasobserver.com
- 🍄 [Baltimore, MD] Sheppard Pratt study: Psilocybin may ease suicidal thoughts - baltimoresun.com
- 🌿 [National] Kratom and 7-OH should be regulated, experts agree. They’re split on how - statnews.com
- 🛰️ [National] How the Pentagon Is Escalating Trump’s Drug War in Latin America - wsj.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No posts found today.
Innovation
- 🧮 A framework to determine naloxone saturation with simulation modeling and cost-effectiveness methods (link) - @AddictionJrnl on X
- 🚑 An enforcement action can stop illegal activity. It can also abruptly cut patients off from opioids, MOUD or other medications and increase overdose risk. CDC has a program specifically designed for that problem. (link) - @ActionForOD on X
Opposition Views
- No posts found today.
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Deaths not in vain-- A retrospective analysis of New York City overdose mortality to inform future overdose prevention strategies that address polysubstance use and drug use along the life course - CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) - 2026-09-30 - academicworks.cuny.edu
- 🧪 Drug Checking as Market Surveillance - 2026-09-28 - doi.org
- 🩺 Modifiable Factors Associated With Substance Use Disorder Screening by Nurses: A Cross‐Sectional Survey - Journal of Clinical Nursing - 2026-09-24 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- 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
- Deadline Approaching · 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Limited Competition: Growing Great Ideas: Research Education Course in Entrepreneurship and Product Development for Researchers Studying Drug Use, Drug Misuse, and Drug Addiction (UE5 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
📣 Activism
- 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV budget cuts
- 📝 Students for Sensible Drug Policy - Submit public comments to the FDA on psychedelic policy
- 📝 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Register for NHRC Lighthouse Centering Care Conference in New York
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Featured Resource
DanceSafe explains at-home and laboratory drug checking, including what fentanyl test strips and reagent kits can and cannot tell you, with instructions and practical safety limitations.
Newsletter Improvements
September 29, 2026 (#c381ef8) - Clarify location checks for syndicated news. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]
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