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📰 News Media

• 💉 [Oak Lawn, IL] Oak Lawn methadone clinic owner used millions in Medicaid fraud scheme to buy yacht, cars, jewelry, feds say - chicago.suntimes.com
• 💊 [National] Bipartisan bill seeks to allow direct prescribing of methadone for opioid addiction - statnews.com
• 🌿 [National] Kratom is a legal $13 ‘natural’ high that’s led to addiction and 91 deaths: ‘Soccer moms are on it’ - nypost.com
• 💉 [National] UK Stimulant Pipe Program Tracks the Risks of Homemade Options - filtermag.org
• 🫱 [National] Have We Traded the Recovery Movement for a Peer Service Industry? - recoveryreview.blog

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I'm a former alcoholic, it was rough sobering up at first and I'm paying for the consequences but I'm glad I cleaned up. I wish you luck on your journey. One day at a time 💪🏼 - @spicysnugz on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🧪 “Time for tailored harm reduction focus on new initiates to injecting drug use” by Daniel O’Keefe and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy…are we doing enough for new injectors? #DrugPolicy - @ijdrugpolicy on X
• 🏥 Lewiston’s needle exchange program could soon face major changes, as a group of residents pushes to tighten the city’s harm reduction ordinance. (link) - @FOX23Maine on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Once again… harm reduction is a farce… We gave junkies free money, free housing and free drug supplies… decriminalizing only ended in destroying citizens safety, high crime, billions lost with historic overdoses.... - @ScaryTerryWeed on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Oklahoma City, OK] - June 24, 2026 - City leaders celebrate grand opening of MAPS 4 Diversion Hub - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🧑 Centering the voices of young people who use opioids and youth harm reduction practitioners: insights from an international Youth RISE cohort - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-22 - doi.org
• 💊 Adjunctive Psychosocial Interventions and Opioid Abstinence Among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine - JAMA Network Open - 2026-06-23 - doi.org
• 💊 Correction to: Enhancing opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution through pharmacist-led community outreach - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy - 2026-06-24 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Rhode Island] AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - 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

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Update Notes

June 25, 2026 (#83043c8) — Adding LinkedIn accounts to morning scan. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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