Harm Reduction Briefing — Jul 14, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 🧩 [National] How Post-Recovery Services Benefit the Addiction Treatment Continuum - bhbusiness.com
- 🍺 [National] 12 ideas for tackling the U.S. alcohol epidemic - statnews.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 📊 Kentuckians can now track opioid settlement spending via a new state dashboard. The UK CCTS biomedical informatics team partnered with RADOR-KY to build the machine learning models to forecast overdose hotspots—work... - @UK_CCTS on X
- 🧾 New on (link) | Cost-Effectiveness of the START Hospital Addiction Consultation Service for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment | (link) - @Info4Practice on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Upstream Overdose Prevention: Why the US Should Pilot a Safer, Regulated Drug Supply - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-07-13 - doi.org
- 🧪 THC-O-acetate: understanding consumer experiences with a novel semi-synthetic cannabinoid - Journal of Substance Use - 2026-07-08 - doi.org
- 💊 Trait impulsivity prospectively predicts lower methadone treatment retention: moderation by pain catastrophizing - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-07-10 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
- No hits in Law and Policy today.
💸 Funding (Click to expand)
Current
- 🛠️ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Preventing Youth Overdose: Treatment, Recovery, Education, Awareness and Training - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
- 🛠️ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Centers - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
📣 Activism
- No activism updates found.
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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 14, 2026 (#7d6deba) - Updating footer. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]