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📰 News Media

• 📝 [Indianapolis, Indiana] Grand jury investigating 'unlawful' cannabis lobbying at Indiana Statehouse - indystar.com
• 🏛️ [National] Meet Dr. Timothy Westlake: The Next Leader of SAMHSA? - chadsabora.substack.com
• 🧠 [National] One of the oldest psychedelics meets modern brain imaging - medicalxpress.com
• 📰 [Charlemont, Massachusetts] He lost his son. Now he's teaching fly fishing to help others suffering from addiction. - wgbh.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 as a former public entertainer and addict in recovery, performing live, even just at open mics, poses its own risks. abstaining from the booze is easy, but resisting my addiction to people and attention is not and... - @thetincanandroid on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🚑 Another harm reduction site closure means drug consumption disperses out into the community. Firefighters shouldn't be handling OD's. Safe consumption sites reduce OD's & deaths. They reduce abandoned needles &... - bsky.app
• 💙 From February through July 22, 2026, Tiffany Singer, MPH, coordinated and stocked 6,482 free health and safety items in PCPH harm reduction vending machines—expanding access to naloxone, test strips, hygiene... - @PC_PublicHealth on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Based on what we’re seeing on the ground, the millions Los Angeles City and County are spending on “harm reduction” (aka handing out Narcan and clean needles) are only fueling the crisis. The money needs to go to... - @USAttyEssayli on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🩺 Harm reduction among refugees and displaced populations in Lebanon: a systematic review - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-07-23 - doi.org
• 🏥 Statewide implementation of MOUD in jails: aligning barriers and strategies in the quest for acceptability and feasibility - Health & Justice - 2026-07-24 - doi.org
• 🧯 dallas-naloxone-access: measured block-level naloxone access and placement analysis for Dallas County, Texas - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-07-24 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 💊 [Illinois] CLINIC PSYC-NO PRESCRIP OPIOID - openstates.org

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Current

• 🚑 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
• 🚑 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📣 Shatterproof - Contact North Carolina House Representative to support SB 59
• 🖥️ Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Register for Housing Not Handcuffs webinar on Trump homelessness order
• 🧡 Mobilize Recovery - Sign up to volunteer at Narcan at Night 2026 in Las Vegas

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Drugs and Me

Drugs and Me offers accessible education about substances, interactions, dosing, tolerance, experiences, and risks.

Newsletter Improvements

July 21, 2026 (#82daa29) - Adding diagnostics for the twice-weekly roll-up. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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