Harm Reduction Briefing — Jul 06, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🧑 [Connecticut] CT wants to treat more teens with substance use disorder. Finding providers is challenging - ctpublic.org
- 🧪 [Boston, MA] Waste water wars: Massachusetts company loses state contract as public health evolves - The Boston Globe - bostonglobe.com
- 🚬 [National] Tobacco Companies Are Cashing In on Zyn’s Unstoppable Popularity - nytimes.com
- 🧠 [National] Transformation grounded in the reconciliation of identity, values, and belonging - recoveryreview.blog
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 🤖 AI powered detection addiction treatment platform with numerous municipalities signed and thousands of patients - @mathisjustmath on X
- 📈 Is it time to rethink "precipitated withdrawal"? This article introduces a buprenorphine-associated opioid withdrawal model based on pharmocokinetics, offering a more nuanced framework for understanding withdrawal... - @JournalGIM on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
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📚 Academic Research
- 🫁 The role of oxygen in shelter-based overdose response: A qualitative needs assessment across shelter sites in Toronto, Canada - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-07-04 - doi.org
- 🩺 “Once I started going… I had this central wheel hub”: Drivers of overdose prevention center engagement and connections to care in Rhode Island - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-06-30 - doi.org
- 📱 Identifying risk factors for drug use recurrence with ecological momentary assessment, wearable technologies, and machine learning: a feasibility trial of peer recovery support specialist intervention - Frontiers in Digital Health - 2026-07-03 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
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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
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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.
Newsletter Improvements
July 6, 2026 (#95f14b7) - Refining twice-weekly edition. Expanding federal funding search. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]