Harm Reduction Briefing — Jul 05, 2026
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📰 News Media
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🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
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Innovation
- 🤖 2 new drug user vending machines are being installed in Staten Island, New York The vending machines will provide drug users with free: - Overdose rescue kits that includes naloxone (Narcan) - Drug-testing strips,... - @WallStreetApes on X
- 💬 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. (link) - @HoCoTimes on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
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📚 Academic Research
- 🚑 Implementation Evaluation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Address the Infectious Disease and Overdose Syndemic Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - 2026-07-04 - doi.org
- 🧰 Perspectives on harm reduction kit implementation in heterogeneous outpatient clinics - Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy - 2026-07-03 - doi.org
- 💊 Cost-Effectiveness of Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine With Rapid Follow-Up for Opioid Use Disorder - 2026-07-03 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
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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
- ✉️ The National Council for Mental Wellbeing - Ask your Representative to support the Residential Recovery for Seniors Act
- 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for recovery support programs
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Featured Resource
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.
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