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📰 News Media

• 🏛️ [International] INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DRUG POLICY: From Principles to Rights-based Action - drogriporter.hu
• 📰 [Philadelphia, PA] More teens are getting hospitalized for trying to get high on Benadryl, poison control warns - phillyvoice.com
• 📰 [Jeffersonville, VT] Proposed Jeffersonville cannabis dispensary location causing controversy - wcax.com
• ⚖️ [National] Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns - whdh.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Yes as an addic, 17 yrs clean now, I know about addiction, 80% of people on Benzos and opiates for the long term, end up getting addicted, they are short term drugs. You are an exception, you seem to take as... - @JoeZ56590020 on X

Innovation

• 🧪 What have you watched get worse? In 2025 drug deaths dropped 21%, and this year it’s on track to drop an additional 10%. Our overdose prevention sites stop people from dying. Naloxone is widely distributed. There... - @kaitalkscanucks on X
• 💬 Data can help communities better understand where needs exist, where gaps remain, and how resources can be used most effectively. Today’s Virginia Recovery Conference session on Virginia’s new Substance Use Disorder... - @vaopioidabate on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 This is crucial. Every tool needs to be used to stop overdose deaths. Our government has acted as the greatest ENABLER of drug addiction. Jail. Locked in rehab work. Everything else JUST POSTPONES the inevitable.... - @Christi79571159 on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🩺 Impact of an Interdisciplinary Educational Intervention on Healthcare Provider Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Opioid Harm Reduction in Older Adults: A Pre-Post Survey Study - Pharmacy - 2026-06-16 - doi.org
• 💊 When to initiate methadone take-home dosing? A population-based target trial emulation - Apollo - 2026-06-20 - doi.org
• 🩺 Use of naloxone by EMS for opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and associated patient-centered outcomes: A systematic review - PLoS ONE - 2026-06-17 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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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

• 📝 Mobilize Recovery - Submit a public comment to HHS on recovery support works
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof’s Pride Month recovery education work

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Update Notes

June 20, 2026 (#8188235) — Fixing Law/Policy section so law titles get abbreviated. Adding topical weighting to Innovation social media and Academic and Law/Policy sections. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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