Harm Reduction Briefing — Jul 07, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 💼 [National] The workers who 'just get it': How lived experience strengthens addiction recovery - medicalxpress.com
- 🏢 [National] 5 SUD Companies to Watch in 2026 - bhbusiness.com
- 💊 [National] Who Will Profit Most When the Drug War Ends? - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 🧪 I mean… yeah. Safe use centers and clean tools to stop the spread of diseases/test drugs to make sure they’re not laced and stop the epidemic of fentanyl ODs. This is not some wild concept, many countries have... - @felicityfawnbbw on X
- 🌡️ Heat alerts should trigger overdose-prevention alerts. When temperatures rise, communities should increase outreach, stock naloxone, open cooling spaces, share local resources and check on people before a crisis... - @ActionForOD on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 🍺 Integrating a model of care within a community-based managed alcohol program with indigenous men experiencing homelessness and alcohol use: a retrospective chart review - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-07-07 - doi.org
- 🏪 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
- 🩺 Indigenizing Harm Reduction: Exploring First Nations community-led wise practices in response to the toxic drug crisis in BC - International Journal of Indigenous Health - 2026-07-02 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 💊 [Louisiana] HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Provides civil and criminal immunity for the distribution or use of Naloxone and other opioid antagonists beyond their shelf-life end date - openstates.org
- 💊 [Louisiana] CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for substance use disorder screening of all misdemeanor DUI offenders. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) - openstates.org
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
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 7, 2026 (#d5c8680) - Fixing backend to carryover emojis from briefing into twice-weekly roll-up I love feedback and requests - [email protected]