Harm Reduction Briefing — Jun 16, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 💉 [Louisville, KY] Louisville could use opioid settlement ‘blood money’ to cover existing expenses - lpm.org
- 🌿 [Concord, NH] Ayotte vetoes bill to expand cultivation of medical marijuana - nhpr.org
- 🚭 [National] EU’s “Loaded” Public Questionnaire Pushes Anti-Nicotine Agenda - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
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Innovation
- 🚨 ⚠️ Drug Alert | British Columbia A new laboratory-made opioid, cychlorphine, has been detected in B.C.'s unregulated drug supply. According to the BCCDC, cychlorphine may be up to 10× more potent than fentanyl and... - @vidc_ca on X
- 💊 In British Columbia (including Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health), the Prescribed Safer Supply / Prescribed Alternatives program provides multiple pharmaceutical-grade drugs as harm reduction alternatives... - @canadiandobie on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
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📚 Academic Research
- 🩺 Improving Naloxone and Buprenorphine Provision in the Pediatric Emergency Department Through Education and Chief Complaint-Triggered Screening - Pediatric Emergency Care - 2026-06-16 - doi.org
- 💉 Overdose Risk Reduction Using Fentanyl Test Strips: Education for Nurse Practitioners - International Journal of Addiction Nursing - 2026-06-15 - doi.org
- 🚔 Structural violence, decolonization and harm reduction in prisons: a critical perspective on opioid use disorders, gender and race - Frontiers in Sociology - 2026-06-16 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
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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 laws
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June 16, 2026 (#68f38e5) — Implementing feedback from the survey. Adding an option for community to submit links to the briefing. Patching issue with Academic titles. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]
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