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📰 News Media

• 🌿 [VT] New Vermont laws for July 1: Concert tickets, cannabis and soda cans - vermontpublic.org
• 📊 [National] DHS Still Doesn’t Know What Its Fentanyl Seizures Actually Do - filtermag.org
• 💉 [National] Cost and Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment - kff.org
• 🗂️ [National] DEA, FDA Testify on First Day of Hearing on Marijuana Rescheduling - filtermag.org
• 🧠 [International] Australia relaxes psychedelic therapy oversight despite limited safety evidence - medicalxpress.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Some of you know that I'm an alcoholic—and some of you do now. Recovery is a journey that doesn't always follow a linear path. You fail sometimes. You get up. You take accountability. You try again—one day at a... - @iamnothereatall on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🏪 The machines, located in Jessup and Columbia, also offer fentanyl and xylazine test strips and QR codes linking to treatment resources — no cost, no questions asked. - @baltimoresun on X
• 📡 If fentanyl mixed with carfentanil can make overdoses harder to reverse, policymakers should fund what actually meets the moment: naloxone saturation, EMS readiness, drug checking, surveillance and low-barrier treatment. - @ActionForOD on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Another failure of the Harm Reduction model. Why? Because while drugs are "prohibited", there's no enforcement of drug use. Another example of the homeless crisis really being a drug crisis. Why isn't San Diego... - @Twolfrecovery on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Minneapolis, MN] - June 30, 2026 - Minneapolis expands low-barrier addiction treatment through partnerships - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🏪 Extending harm reduction through public health vending machines: Insights from implementation efforts in the United States - Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment - 2026-07-01 - doi.org
• 💊 Concurrent Use of Extra‐Medical Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Among Adults Prescribed Methadone or Buprenorphine: A Cohort Study of Urban Adults Who Have Injected Drugs - Drug and Alcohol Review - 2026-07-01 - doi.org
• 💊 Perspectives from opioid treatment program staff on community pharmacy-based methadone dispensing in North Carolina - Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment - 2026-07-01 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Florida] Recovery Residences - openstates.org

City Ordinances

• 🏙️ [Denver, CO] Resolution 26-0965: ...and outreach workers to support individuals and households experiencing unsheltered homelessness who cannot safely access or appropriately utilize... - denver.legistar.com

💸 Funding (Click for more)

Current

• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Impact - Deadline: Jul 8, 2026
• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Planning - Deadline: Jul 8, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📣 Mobilize Recovery - Tell HHS recovery support works by July 5, 2026
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for affirming addiction recovery care

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Featured Resource

SafeSpot

SafeSpot is a 24/7, peer-run overdose prevention hotline. You can call in when you are going to be using drugs alone and SafeSpot will stay on the phone with you while you use, and alert an emergency contact in case of overdose. SafeSpot is free, confidential, and available nationwide. Call 24/7 at 1-800-972-0590.

Newsletter Improvements

June 30, 2026 (#cf4f8e4) - Adding featured resource section. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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