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📰 News Media

• ⚖️ [Massachusetts] Legalization without guarantees is - parabolacenter.substack.com
• 🏥 [National] Updates interim rules and house appropriations - reginalabelle.substack.com
• 🏥 [KY] Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges - propublica.org
• 💉 [National] Syringe Access Resources - National Harm Reduction Coalition - harmreduction.org
• 🌎 [International] Colombia After Petro: The Unfinished Business of Petro’s Drug Policy Reform - talkingdrugs.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 🚀 “Recovery isn’t a hustle. It’s a way of life.” Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend time with my brother Josh Bone, PSS, CADC at Achieve Behavioral Health Services in Gastonia and speak with the men... - @changeagentcooper on LinkedIn

Innovation

• 💊 so nextdistro has a short training video & a mini quiz you take before they send you a free naloxone kit which can help prevent drug overdoses. we can either curse sam out for a shitty euphoria ending or actually do... - @dizzicordova on X
• 🧪 UAB $5.3M grant offers new approach to reducing opioid deaths: UAB researchers will explore whether using a fentanyl strip test before ingesting a substance can prevent overdosing. (link) - @UABNews on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Because all of that indoor supervised use didn't reduce drug use, addict numbers or the theft and violence that comes with drug use. It doesn't even hide the problem out of sight. - @CurrieMica on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San José, CA] - June 7, 2026 - A Message from Mayor Matt - newsletter - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 📊 Perceived Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Substance Use and Interest in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and Naloxone Among People Who Use Opioids in the Southern United States - Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion - 2026-06-08 - doi.org
• 🚐 Multisite Mobile Addiction Services: Four-Year Outcomes - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2026-06-04 - doi.org
• 🧪 Emergence of synthetic drugs in South America: insights from Brazil, Chile, and Colombia - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-04 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

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Current

• 💸 Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) - Deadline: Jun 8, 2026
• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Impact - Deadline: Jul 8, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📝 National Alliance to End Homelessness - Submit a public comment to defend HUD’s Equal Access Rule
• 📺 Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Watch Housing Not Handcuffs livestream disrupting Cicero homelessness conference

Update Notes

June 8, 2026 (#da96b6e) — Adjusting News section to run more efficiently. Trying new strategy for sourcing Substack articles. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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