Harm Reduction Briefing — Jun 20, 2026
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📰 News Media
- 💉 [Vancouver, British Columbia] Meet the ‘hit doctor’: Inside an informal network of drug users trying to stay alive - cbc.ca
- 💉 [Edinburgh, International] Drug Consumption Room Proposal: Could Edinburgh Follow Glasgow in Saving Lives? - talkingdrugs.org
- 📊 [National] Overdose Death Data Patterns Emerge as Crisis Surges in Western States - filtermag.org
- 💊 [National] Why the gap between policy and lived reality continues to shape the opioid epidemic, and what the settlement era can do about it. - reginalabelle.substack.com
- 🇨 [International] The Policeman and the Professor: A Public Debate Over the Future of Czech Drug Policies - drogriporter.hu
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 📦 — need naloxone or clean syringes? (link) — interested in an online, mail based resource for supplies and tips? visit (link) — need testing kits? check out (link) - @nogayshitbro on X
- 🧪 i had the privilege of bringing the first box of fentanyl testing strips to MPLS in 2018 after a tribal harm reduction conference & connected with the local drug users union at that time to help get them out after... - @britculpsapp on Bluesky
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- 📧 - [San José, CA] - June 19, 2026 - Harm Reduction Program Newsletter: OD Awareness Day, MAT Program, CHOV, and Clinician Trainings - content.govdelivery.com
- 📧 - [Louisville, KY] - June 19, 2026 - Overdose deaths down again as Naloxone access surges - view newsletter online for more info
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 Projected Outcomes of Reducing Federal Funding for Syringe Service Programs via Executive Order - JAMA Network Open - 2026-06-18 - doi.org
- 🧪 Navigating an unpredictable supply: lived experiences of xylazine exposure among people who use drugs - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-17 - doi.org
- 💉 Pain is associated with reduced adherence to safer injection practices among people who inject opioids - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-19 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 📜 [Alaska] An Act relating to financing by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority for workforce housing development projects; relating to a mandatory exemption from municipal property taxes for certain assets of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; and providing for an effective date by repealing the effective date of sec. 2, ch. 64, SLA 2018. - openstates.org
- 📜 [Alaska] An Act relating to crime and criminal procedure; relating to civil claims by victims of sexual abuse of a minor; relating to homicide; relating to assault; relating to sexual assault; relating to stalking; relating to sexual abuse of a minor; relating to enticement and unlawful exploitation of a minor; relating to cruelty to animals; relating to endangering the welfare of a child; relating to indecent exposure; relating to theft; relating to generated obscene child sexual abuse material; relating to sending an explicit image of a minor; relating to solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor; relating to distribution of indecent material to minors; relating to prostitution; relating to the Controlled Substances Advisory Committee; relating to the testimony of children in criminal proceedings; relating to sentencing; relating to sexual assault examination kits; restricting the release of certain records of convictions; relating to teaching certificates; relating to the definition of 'victim counseling center' for disclosure of certain communications concerning sexual assault or domestic violence; relating to motor vehicle offenses; relating to the board of parole; relating to parole; relating to medical release for service of sentence by electronic monitoring; relating to licensing of school bus drivers; creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date. - openstates.org
City Ordinances
- 🏙️ [Nashville, TN] Resolution RS2026-2008: ...approving an application for a Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program grant from the U.S. Department... - nashville.legistar.com
- 🏙️ [Baltimore, MD] Ordinance 26-0169: Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation – M-R Office of Homeless Services – $2,000,000 FOR the purpose of providing... - baltimore.legistar.com
💸 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
- 💜 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Support National Harm Reduction Coalition’s 30th anniversary campaign
- 📝 Mobilize Recovery - Send public comment to HHS on recovery support by July 5
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Update Notes
June 20, 2026 (#c525cf0) — Piloting topical weights aligning News section with survey preferences. Adding extra filtering to prevent Activism section incorrectly classifying hits. Expanding direct searches in Lived Experience section. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]
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