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📰 News Media

• 🏠 [Seattle, WA] Data Backs Up Supportive ‘Housing First’ Model in Spite of Federal Attacks - theurbanist.org
• 💊 [Albuquerque, New Mexico] Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show - apnews.com
• 💧 [Tempe, AZ] Cities and schools are testing waste water for illicit drugs - The Boston Globe - bostonglobe.com
• 🏥 [National] Correctional Behavioral Health Provider YesCare to Shutter, Cut 150 Jobs After Bankruptcy - bhbusiness.com
• 🧠 [North Carolina] Coalition Rallies Behind North Carolina Bill for Psychedelic Care - filtermag.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Hey bsky! Does anyone have a relationship with substances they would like to change? Myself and another Pro Dominatrix run K!nkify Recovery, by and for addicted kinksters and SWers. We are just a peer support group... - @jezebellejones on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🧠 🆕 Perceptions of Buprenorphine With Naloxone Treatment and the Fear of Precipitated Withdrawal: A Qualitative Exploration With HIV Prevention Trials Network 094 INTEGRA Participants and Staff Rose A. Schmidt, Amaya... - @APSAD_DAR on X
• 📡 Session Highlight: Join Dr. Nathaniel Day as he explores treatment outcomes based on initial medication choice in Alberta's Virtual Opioid Dependency Program, low-barrier buprenorphine harm reduction, and overdose... - @canadiancaap on Bluesky

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Academics in BC forcefully promoted Drug Consumption Sites using crappy research and by attacking critics Their efforts stalled the implementation of recovery-oriented systems in favour of Decriminalization & “Safe... - @somerspsych on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🩺 Exploring attitudes toward acceptability of harm reduction: a comparative study of South African and Swedish addiction care professionals - Journal of Substance Use - 2026-06-18 - doi.org
• 🧪 Barriers and facilitators to detoxification from opioid substitution treatment: A mixed‐methods systematic review - Addiction - 2026-06-17 - doi.org
• 🧑 Probation, Parole, and Harm Reduction: An Exploratory Study of Responses to Clients Carrying Naloxone - Corrections - 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

• 💸 National Homelessness Law Center - Donate to support Housing Not Handcuffs legal action
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for affirming addiction care support

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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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