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📰 News Media

• 💉 [National] Appalachians Want to Use Mobile Syringe Programs, If They’re Discreet - filtermag.org
• 💊 [National] World Health Organization Misses the Whole Point About Nicotine Pouches - filtermag.org
• 🚢 [National] Boat strikes have failed to curb flow of cocaine to US, experts say - The Boston Globe - bostonglobe.com
• 🍄 [National] Psilocybin linked to reduction in depression - medicalxpress.com
• 🍃 [National] Teens glued to social media 'three times more likely' to try cannabis, research suggests - medicalxpress.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Well Tina, this isn't your expertise. Suboxone is a tool to get someone through the horrible cycle called heroin addiction. Some have to be on it for life. I am a mom of a recovering heroin addict and he did... - @DitommasoGail on X

Innovation

• 🖥️ You’ve stumbled upon a public health harm reduction machine. These kiosks do not dispense food or drinks; instead, they provide free, 24/7 access to life-saving medical and safety tools designed to prevent overdose... - @MizzAugust7 on X
• 📮 MATTERS Harm Reduction Manager Shelby Arena joined the Behind the Evidence podcast to discuss implementing a mail-based syringe service program following recognition for an award-winning abstract presented at AMERSA... - @mattersnetwork on Bluesky

Opposition Views

• 🚫 If you all have so much cash you think it's OK to be wasting BILLIONS every year on hard drugs and enabling hard drugs, we are finished as a province. I can't even find a doctor. But my taxes can pay for harm... - @bruce_mcgonigal on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 💉 Fentanyl-related harm reduction and structural determinants of overdose in the United States: An umbrella review with AMSTAR-2 Appraisal - Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews - 2026-05-31 - doi.org
• 🧪 Novel Swine Model of Respiratory Depression Induced by Fentanyl and Heroin Overdose - 2026-06-01 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

City Ordinances

• 🏙️ [New York, NY] Int 0778-2026: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating an integrated and confidential data system to track all engagement with street homeless individuals - legistar.council.nyc.gov

💸 Funding (Click for more)

Current

• 💸 Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) - Deadline: Jun 8, 2026
• 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Providers Clinical Support System – Substance Use Disorder Treatment (PCSS-SUD Treatment) - Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

📣 Activism

• 💝 Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Donate to support Housing Not Handcuffs campaign work

Update Notes

June 2, 2026 (#cde6f5a) — Skip blocked Substack feeds in Actions I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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