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📰 News Media

• 💊 [National] Trump order targets 'harm reduction' programs for drug users - washingtonpost.com
• 💉 [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] Harm prevention efforts have cut drug OD deaths. Why is ... - jsonline.com
• 🌿 [Houston, TX] Smoke shops may be forced to close amid Texas hemp THC ban takes effect, experts say - abc13.com
• 💉 [Austin, TX] Opinion: Texas Needs a War on Fentanyl, Not Hemp-Derived THC • The Austin Chronicle - austinchronicle.com
• 🩹 [National] Find Harm Reduction Resources Near You - harmreduction.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 I know this will be unpopular, but I’m speaking from experience because I lived this life for five years on the streets of San Francisco. Why are we making street homelessness more comfortable for people whose... - @AmberRichmondSF on X

Innovation

• 🏥 Systematic review: Supervised injection facilities mostly associated with reduced overdose mortality, improved injection behavior but no increase of crime or public nuisance. - @StaffanOvesson on X
• 🧪 Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are a low-cost overdose prevention tool. These small paper strips can detect fentanyl in many drug types and forms, helping reduce overdose risk when used with other safety strategies.... - @PACTCoalition on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 California hands out meth pipes In the name of denouncing the racist war on drugs, California created drug hubs free from monitoring by law enforcement. Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom began the Harm Reduction... - @patrick_laidlaw on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🌿 Policy Analysis of The Texas Compassionate Use Program - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-07-30 - doi.org
• 🧯 Neighborhood Environmental Interventions and Opioid Overdose Rates - JAMA Network Open - 2026-07-31 - doi.org
• 💊 Medicaid Payment Policies for Methadone Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, 2020-2025 - Health Affairs Scholar - 2026-07-31 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🔬 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
• 🔬 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

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Newsletter Improvements

July 21, 2026 (#82daa29) - Adding diagnostics for the twice-weekly roll-up. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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