Harm Reduction Briefing — Jul 15, 2026
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📰 News Media
- ☠️ [Phoenix, Arizona] The Epicenter of Drug Deaths in America Is Shifting West - nytimes.com
- 🧯 [Portland, Oregon] After Anemic Early Results, Multnomah County Updated Its ... - wweek.com
- 💊 [National] Methadone Was Locked to OTPs. Loosening That Rule Is Dividing Providers - bhbusiness.com
- 📞 [National] 988 Enters Its Fourth Year as Demand Grows and the Mental Health and Substance Use Landscape Shifts - kff.org
- 🧠 [National] HHS and VA Solidify Plan to Accelerate Psychedelic Treatments for Veterans - bhbusiness.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 🧠 I showed the AI stack I built for Hygea; the feedback was awesome, so I’m sharing it. HygeAI is an on-prem brain for addiction treatment: QA, compliance, payer intelligence, AR, and decision support. Private.... - @robbystempler on X
- 🤖 Narcotic and psychotropic medications require special surveillance because misuse can lead to addiction, illegal distribution, and serious population health risks. Our Predis continuously monitors the usage of these... - @tigahealth on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Dismantling harm reduction funding in Ontario: Safe consumption sites and the organized abandonment of people who use drugs - Critical Sociology - 2026-07-15 - doi.org
- 🧪 From emergence to replacement: The evolution of 3‐methylmethcathinone (3‐MMC) and its substitutes in the Dutch drug market (2012–2024) - Addiction - 2026-07-14 - doi.org
- 💊 Patient Access to Buprenorphine at Community Pharmacies: A Scoping Review of Audit Studies - Journal of Addiction Medicine - 2026-07-14 - 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]