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📰 News Media

• 🧴 [Seattle, WA] Safer Smoking Supplies – Use, Engagement, and Association with Decreased Injecting in Washington State - adai.uw.edu
• 🧯 [San Francisco, CA] “It’s Authoritarian”—Harm Reduction Under San Francisco’s Backlash - filtermag.org
• ⚖️ [Arizona] AZ Votes to Set Fentanyl Enhanced Penalty Threshold at Just 9 Grams - filtermag.org
• 💊 [National] FDA approves third over-the-counter opioid overdose nasal spray - thehill.com
• 🤖 [National] cliexa and OpiSafe Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Comprehensive AI-Powered Opioid Stewardship and Behavioral Health Platform - apnews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 one of the biggest mistakes in drug policy is failing to accept substitution. when we cut off the pill mills, overdose killed more people than it had when prescriptions were rising by a large margin. if we don't... - @maiasz on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🤖 You’re not alone. Our AI links Central Valley people to nearby naloxone, harm-reduction supplies, and peer-led support fast — no judgment, just real help from folks who get it. Ready for support? Get immediate help:... - @HelpIsHopeFound on X
• 🧪 Read our latest interview with Bridgit Crews, for a sneak peek behind her paper on detection methods for xylazine and medetomidine in illicit drug adulterants - @BioanalysisZone on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 It was sold to us as 4 pillars including prevention treatment and enforcement but the DTES grifters have gaslit the public into believing it was always just harm reduction - @anthonycook65 on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 💊 Big Bill, Bigger Consequences: One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment—A Critical Review - Policy Politics & Nursing Practice - 2026-06-16 - doi.org
• 🧯 Overdose reversal through peer intervention: findings from the Naloxone Prospective Outcome Research Study (NalPORS) on the effectiveness of overdose response by people who use opioids in the UK and Sweden:NalPORS - Research Portal (King's College London) - 2026-06-11 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
• 💊 Development and implementation of multidisciplinary care model to address the intersection of pain and opioid use disorder among patients on long term opioid treatment - Pain Management - 2026-06-16 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Colorado] Housing Developments on Qualifying Properties - openstates.org
• 📜 [Arizona] schools; weapons detection systems; administration - openstates.org

💸 Funding (Click for more)

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 fight anti-homeless laws
• 🗓️ Mobilize Recovery - RSVP for virtual workshop on tough conversations

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Update Notes

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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