Harm Reduction Briefing — Jun 04, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 💉 [Tarboro, NC] 'It's time to think outside the box': NC street drug scientist warns about deadly substance - wral.com
- 💊 [National] 'Queen of Versailles' star Jackie Siegel to mark annual Naloxone Awareness Day in DC - thehill.com
- 💉 [National] Cychlorphine Is Not the Problem - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No social posts available.
Innovation
- 🚨 Drug supply alert — learn more through the public health alert from the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education: (link) #OverdosePrevention #DrugSupplyAlert #OverdoseEpidemic #PreventOverdose #EndOverdose - @HarmReduction on X
- 🧪 If someone has already gone through withdrawal while incarcerated, why aren't we offering long-acting injectable medications like Sublocade or Brixadi before they're released? Imagine getting out of jail not dope... - @AmberRichmondSF on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Does Kappa Agonism Improve Reversal of ‘Tranq-Dope’ Overdose? Evidence from a Rodent Model - Pharmaceuticals - 2026-05-29 - doi.org
- 🍷 FDA Approves Reduced Drinking Endpoints for Alcohol Trials: A New Road for Alcohol Treatment? - European Addiction Research - 2026-06-01 - doi.org
- 🏥 Perspectives of Acute Care Health Care Professionals on Harm Reduction Interventions: A Scoping Review - The Canadian Journal of Addiction - 2026-06-01 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 📜 [Iowa] A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. - openstates.org
- 📜 [Iowa] A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. - openstates.org
City Ordinances
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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
- No activism updates found.
Update Notes
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