NEWSLETTER UPDATE

Launching a twice-weekly version of the newsletter! Switch cadence here. Also releasing a search engine for looking through historical content!

Disclaimer: this software uses AI to aggregate and filter content. Please double-check sources before putting info to action.

👉 Click here for prettier version

📰 News Media

• 🍸 [National] Sober clubs - nytimes.com
• 💉 [La Jolla, CA] Vaccine candidate from Scripps Research lab shows promise against addictiveness of Fentanyl - sandiegouniontribune.com
• 💊 [National] 3 Takeaways from SAMHSA’s Annual Report for SUD Treatment Pros - bhbusiness.com
• 💉 [National] How Ontario’s Safer Supply Programs Impacted First Nations Peoples - filtermag.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💊 wasn't a true opioid addict, not like street opioids, but I was scripted buprenorphine (what they give to addicts and long term pain patients) and then eventually the medicine itself started causing the withdrawals.... - @DesoxynSUD on X

Innovation

• 💊 Victoria starts trial (ends 2027) of 20 free naloxone dispensing machines. Naloxone often (temporarily) reverses opioid overdose, safe even if opioids not taken. First machines at 3 hospitals. Putting it where easy... - @alexwodak on Bluesky
• 🧪 🧪 Slide into a safer experience with the Transparency Triple Check for confident at-home testing: Screen for adulterants like fent using test strips, identify your substance with multiple reagents, and verify your... - @BunkPolice on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 There are scores of groups demanding taxpayer funded crack houses & open air drug use zones where police are only allowed if someone is murdered. These are "harm reduction" teams that leech huge money from the... - @bruce_mcgonigal on X

🏙 City Updates

• No recent City Updates found.

📚 Academic Research

• 📊 Barriers to Population Data Use in Overdose Fatality Reviews: Observational and Interview Study of Dashboard Deployment - JMIR Human Factors - 2026-07-27 - doi.org
• 🧪 Work, Sex, and Substances: Differences in Self-Reported Chemsex Behaviors Between MSM Sex Workers and Digital Content Creators - Sexuality Research and Social Policy - 2026-07-22 - doi.org
• 🌿 Kratom Toxicity: Pharmacologic Mechanisms, Clinical Risks, and Management Considerations - Cureus - 2026-07-24 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🛟 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers - Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
• 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Sep 30, 2026

📣 Activism

• 🖥️ 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

Submit a Link

Click here to submit community content to the Harm Reduction Briefing

Featured Resource

Spirit of Harm Reduction Faith Toolkit

Collaborate with faith communities to challenge stigma and build welcoming, justice-centered responses with harm reduction education, reflection prompts, and spiritual activities.

Newsletter Improvements

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

Links

• Website
• Search Engine
• Contact