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📰 News Media

• 🗓️ [Minneapolis, MN] Member tickets available for Treatment or retreat? The future of addiction care in Minnesota - minnpost.com
• 🧑 [Pennsylvania] Episode 2: Protecting the Soul of Peer Support – Lessons in History with Bill Stauffer - recoveryreview.blog

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I was a troubled young adult, struggling to find my way, and briefly ventured into the drug scene many years ago. I saw enough of what real addiction looked like and I’m very grateful no one made addiction and... - @GalvestonTaxi on X

Innovation

• 🧪 Layered harm reduction beats any single tool: test strips to screen for adulterants, reagents to identify the substance, the Transparency Harm Reduction App to verify results, QTest for potency, SprayPack to dose,... - @BunkPolice on X
• 🏪 💊🏥 Eight months after launching a network of naloxone vending machines, officials in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, say the program is showing promising results in the fight against opioid overdoses. - @AutoRetailKiosk on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 "Harm Reduction", the idea that the government is supposed to enable people doing Fentanyl, Heroin & other hard drugs. We're supposed to provide a "safe" drug site for them, pay millions to non-profits to do so, and... - @ClerkNPC on X

🏙 City Updates

• 💊 - [New Orleans, LA] - June 8, 2026 - City of New Orleans Department of Health and Human Services Releases 2025 Annual Opioid Report - nola.gov

📚 Academic Research

• 🩺 Advancing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A Narrative Review of Evidence-Based Solutions to Systems-Level Barriers in the US - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-06-09 - doi.org
• 💉 Beyond Exposure: Standardizing Buprenorphine Training in Pain Medicine Fellowship - Psychopharmacology Bulletin - 2026-06-04 - doi.org
• 🕊️ Support from New York City’s office of chief medical examiner for people bereaved by drug poisoning: development and implementation of the family support program - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-08 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

Federal Agencies

• ⚖️ [United States] [Final Rule] Implementation of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018: Dispensing and Administering Controlled Substances for Medication-Assisted Treatment - federalregister.gov

State Laws

• 📜 [Colorado] Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License - openstates.org

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Current

• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Impact - Deadline: Jul 8, 2026
• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Planning - Deadline: Jul 8, 2026

📣 Activism

• 🗓️ Shatterproof - Join Shatterproof’s National Walk Kickoff Call on June 17
• 💸 National Homelessness Law Center - Donate to support Housing Not Handcuffs campaign work

Update Notes

June 9, 2026 (#b8363a8) — Patching error in NY Times fetch which disrupted run. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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