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📰 News Media

• 💊 [GA] Middle Georgia federal prosecutors support fight to get fentanyl off streets - ajc.com
• 💊 [Nashville, TN] Nashville Council signs off on opioid settlement with Publix - tennessean.com
• 🌍 [International] ‘Not in the Room’: Nigeria’s New Harm Reduction Masterplan Excludes Reformers - talkingdrugs.org
• 🩺 [National] Many chronic pain patients can reduce opioid use with slow, voluntary taper - medicalxpress.com
• 🚬 [National] Former top cop warns of loophole exploited by illicit Chinese vape companies 'targeting our youth' - foxnews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💊 Let me tell you what a regular day looked like when I was homeless on the streets of San Francisco. My priority was staying as close to the Hondos as possible. Staying close to the places I could steal from, sell it... - @AmberRichmondSF on X

Innovation

• 🧪 A new @JAMANetworkOpen study found xylazine detection rose in fentanyl-positive urine drug tests while concentration declined. The takeaway is not panic. It is surveillance. Communities need faster signals when the... - @ActionForOD on X
• 📊 A new state dashboard brings transparency to opioid settlement spending. The UK CCTS informatics team partnered with RADOR-KY to build the machine learning models to forecast overdose hotspots—foundational data... - @UK_CCTS on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Disinformation. There is more than one kind of "harm reduction" besides safe consumption sites. Also, these are not "safe" consumption sites, but rather APPROVED ones. They invariably become dealer and distribution... - @sk_the_extrat on X

🏙 City Updates

• 💉 - [Boston, MA] - July 8, 2026 - $600,000 in New Grant Funding to Prevent Community Overdose Deaths and Expand Access to Treatment - boston.gov

📚 Academic Research

• 🩹 Addressing Challenges in a Pilot Naloxone Distribution Program for BIPOC Communities in King County, Washington: A Community Practice Brief - Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - 2026-07-10 - doi.org
• 💉 Evaluating demographic variation in no-cost naloxone distribution in North Carolina: a cross-sectional survey study - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-07-09 - doi.org
• 💉 Reimagining Methadone Clinics: A Case For Integrating Risk Reduction to Address the Complex Realities of Opioid Use Disorder - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-07-10 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 💊 [Illinois] LIBRARIES-OPIOID ANTAGONISTS - openstates.org
• 💊 [Illinois] JAIL RELEASE-OPIOID ANTAGONIST - openstates.org

💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🔬 Health Resources and Services Administration - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY) Existing Geographic Service Areas - Deadline: Jul 13, 2026
• 🛠️ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Preventing Youth Overdose: Treatment, Recovery, Education, Awareness and Training - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📣 Housing Works - Take action with Housing Works advocacy on housing and HIV policy

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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.

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