Twice-weekly rollup of items featured in the daily Harm Reduction Briefing since July 2, 2026, prepared for July 6, 2026.

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📰 News Media (Click for more)

• 📰 [National] EU Nicotine-Tax Doubts After Parliamentary Rejections - filtermag.org
• 📰 [Hartford, CT] Governor Lamont, Mashantucket Tribe push cannabis compact - wfsb.com
• 📰 [Marietta, GA] Trulieve Commemorates Georgia Medical Cannabis Launch with First Sale - apnews.com
• 💉 [National] DEA moves to ban opioid-like kratom compound 7-OH - thehill.com
• 📰 [National] Interview with Robert DuPont, MD - recoveryreview.blog

🗣️ Social Pulse (Click for more)

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Hot, sticky, and up since 4AM, but only because I wanted to do a good job presenting to the Opioid Settlment Fund Advisory Board on the committed work happening at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. I... - @rebecca-linn-walton-phd-lcsw-ab795289 on LinkedIn

Innovation

• 💬 Did you know that TCHD has a public health vending machine at the entrance of our building (897 E. Iron Ave, Dover)? The vending machine is accessible 24/7, is available free of cost, and is stocked with supplies... - @TCHDNow on X
• 💬 We propose CoRUS, role-informed eval framework that implicitly embeds an asker's context into a question, grounded in Role Theory + real community data We instantiate it on opioid use disorder recovery, where stigma... - @navreeetkaur on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Except we actually treat diabetes and hypertension. The standard of care for addiction is medically supervised withdrawal followed by comprehensive rehab - not enabling continued use. ... Safe injection sites do the... - @notaduck21 on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research (Click for more)

• 💈 Leveraging barbershops for community-based addiction research: A pilot study using hair samples to detect fentanyl and stress biomarkers - Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment - 2026-07-01 - doi.org
• 🚑 Preparing Emergency Medical Services for Prehospital Buprenorphine: Examining a Train-the-Trainer Approach to Strengthening the Overdose Chain of Survival - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open - 2026-07-02 - doi.org
• 💊 Urban Stress and Opioid Use Disorder: Exploring the Influence of Neighborhood and Individual Stressors on Methadone Treatment Outcomes - Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park) - 2026-07-02 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy (Click for more)

State Laws

• 📜 [Vermont] An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments - openstates.org
• 📜 [Vermont] An act relating to cannabis - openstates.org

City Ordinances

• 🏙️ [Columbus, OH] Ordinance 1952-2026: ...removal, safe storage, and hygiene initiatives for the City’s unsheltered population; to authorize the appropriation of $107,500.00 and... - columbus.legistar.com
• 🏙️ [Columbus, OH] Ordinance 2057-2026: ...for Columbus residents enrolled in the Buckeye Diversion criminal deflection program; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of... - columbus.legistar.com

💸 Funding (Click for more)

Current

• 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
• 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026

📣 Activism

• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for recovery support programs
• ✉️ The National Council for Mental Wellbeing - Ask your Representative to support the Residential Recovery for Seniors Act

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