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📰 News Media

• 🚬 [Minnesota] Why Is It Harder for People in Rural Communities to Quit ... - filtermag.org
• 🎬 [Fort Worth, TX] ‘Dancing with Death' documentary chronicles fentanyl North Texas crisis - star-telegram.com
• 📰 [Brookline, Massachusetts] Nicotine Free Generation bans could go up in smoke, advocates say - bostonglobe.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🔬 Last week, The Loop welcomed Stoftest Danmark (stoftest.org) for shared learning around drug checking and harm reduction. International collaboration helps build safer, more informed communities and strengthen... - @theloopuk on Bluesky
• 🧪 Chemistry and computers join forces to stay a step ahead of illicit fentanyl drugs. (link) - @ScienceNews on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 ICYMI: Multnomah County is considering a proposal modeled after my legislation to ban so-called “harm reduction” services that hand out free needles and foil near schools. Kids shouldn’t have to step over needles... - @ChristineDrazan on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• ⚖️ The public health impacts of drug-induced homicide laws: a community-engaged scoping review - Health & Justice - 2026-06-13 - doi.org
• 🧑 Perspectives of Youth Experiencing Homelessness on Substance Use and Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Youth Participatory Action Research Study - Journal of Addiction Medicine - 2026-06-08 - doi.org
• 🧪 Documenting the Emergence of Xylazine Among People Who Use Drugs in Rhode Island: An Analysis of Dried Blood Spot Samples - Substance Use &amp Addiction Journal - 2026-06-10 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Pennsylvania] An act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost of doing business by retailer; providing for tobacco products; and making repeals. - 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

• ✊ Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Join the Housing Not Handcuffs campaign to oppose anti-homeless policies
• 🗓️ Mobilize Recovery - Register for Operation Understanding workshop on tough conversations

Update Notes

June 13, 2026 (#6ad3fa0) — Fix Buttondown email payload schema I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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