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July 9, 2026

Harm Reduction Briefing Rollup β€” Jul 09, 2026

Featuring content from daily briefings generated July 6, 2026 through July 9, 2026.

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πŸ“° News Media (Click for more)

  • πŸ₯ [National, International] Beyond the Prison Gate: Why Harm Reduction Belongs in Prison - talkingdrugs.org
  • πŸ’Š [National] DEA Proposes Schedule I Ban for the First β€œGas Station Drug,” Tianeptine - filtermag.org
  • πŸ€– [National] Exclusive: SUD Provider Pelago Pivots to Behavioral Health with New Bot - bhbusiness.com
  • 🩹 [National, RI] R.I. has made great progress in curbing fatal overdoses. Now, it's ... - bostonglobe.com
  • πŸ§ͺ [National] US teens underestimate risks of fentanyl use, survey finds - medicalxpress.com

πŸ—£οΈ Social Pulse (Click for more)

Lived/Living Experience

  • πŸ›Ÿ Inviting any mutuals on the skyline to come and join my harm reduction support meetings! K!nkify Recovery is a peer support group with no 12 steps, no faith based materials, just addicts supporting addicts through... - @jezebellejones on Bluesky

Innovation

  • πŸ€– New Research: Identifying risk factors for drug use recurrence with ecological momentary assessment, wearable technologies, and machine learning: a feasibility trial of peer recovery support specialist intervention... - @FrontPubHealth on X
  • πŸͺ New York City opened its first publicly supported health vending machines, providing free overdose prevention and health supplies 24/7 on Staten Island. The machines are stocked with items including naloxone... - @BunkPolice on X

Opposition Views

  • 🚫 Oh we have less users now than before the enablement regime took over? Less overdoses? Less public use? Less public disorder? The only thing you have achieved is entrenching addiction as a societal norm. And ruined... - @JCraig_Miles on X

πŸ™ City Updates

  • πŸ™οΈ - [Memphis, TN] - July 6, 2026 - Health Department Hosts Community Care Fair at El Mercadito on Saturday, July 11, 2026 - shelbytnhealth.com

πŸ“š Academic Research (Click for more)

  • πŸ§ͺ Community-based interventions for hepatitis C virus elimination among people who use drugs in Shanghai, China - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-07-08 - doi.org
  • 🩺 Integrating harm reduction interventions for older adults in opioid treatment programs: a qualitative study of patient and provider perspectives - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-07-08 - doi.org
  • πŸ’Š β€œIn My Community, if You’re an Addict, People Don’t Just Look Down on You for the Drugs, but for Being Black, Too”: Black and Latine Methadone Patients’ Experiences Around Addiction, Methadone Treatment, and Intersectional Stigma - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - 2026-07-03 - doi.org

βš–οΈ Law & Policy (Click for more)

State Laws

  • πŸ’Š [California] Relative to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. - openstates.org
  • πŸ“œ [Louisiana] FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and modified risk tobacco products (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) - openstates.org

City Ordinances

  • πŸ™οΈ [Oakland, CA] Informational Report 26-0852: Subject: Encampment Abatement Policy City Property Analysis From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report... - oakland.legistar.com
  • πŸ’Š [Nashville, TN] Resolution RS2026-2074: ...non-violent offenders including intensive court supervision, mandatory drug testing, substance use treatment services, and other social services as... - nashville.legistar.com

πŸ’Έ Funding (Click to expand)

Current

  • πŸ› οΈ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Preventing Youth Overdose: Treatment, Recovery, Education, Awareness and Training - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
  • πŸ› οΈ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Centers - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
  • πŸ’Š Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Tribal Opioid Response - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
  • 🀰 Health Resources and Services Administration - Screening & Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (MMHSUD) - Deadline: Jul 17, 2026

πŸ“£ Activism

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