Featuring content from daily briefings generated July 13, 2026 through July 16, 2026.

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📰 News Media (Click for more)

• 💉 [National] CDC Is Deciding What the Federal Government Will Know About Syringe Services Programs - chadsabora.substack.com
• 💊 [Portland, ME] Contributor: There's an effective way to treat drug addiction - latimes.com
• 🧠 [National] FDA Schedules Psychedelics Hearing, Amid New Push for Medical Approval - filtermag.org
• 🗂️ [National] Medicaid Is About to Make Treatment a Paperwork Test - chadsabora.substack.com
• 🍺 [National] What Is the Difference Between an Open Air Bar and an Open Air Drug Market? - nbhrn2.substack.com

🗣️ Social Pulse (Click for more)

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I beat ketamine addiction – others deserve rehab too #Kent #BBCNews - @kentuk on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🧪 As local agencies work to curb overdose deaths, a change in federal policy has forced some programs that provide fentanyl test strips and other drug-checking supplies to look for new funding to keep services running. - @Local12 on X
• 💊 BMC researchers found buprenorphine-naloxone is associated with lower nonfatal opioid overdose rates compared to extended-release naltrexone. This supports evidence-based treatment decisions & reinforces the... - @The_BMC on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Harm reduction sounds compassionate, but in practice, it means distributing clean needles, safe smoking kits, and hotel rooms to users, celebrating wins when no one dies today. This policy, adopted by cities like... - @chadparkerlaw on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Milwaukee, WI] - July 14, 2026 - Summer 2026 Healthy Times Newsletter Highlights Harm Reduction Resources - city.milwaukee.gov
• 📧 - [Tucson, AZ] - July 13, 2026 - PCHD to hold first-ever teen conference July 25 to tackle mental health, substance use and overdose prevention - newsletter - content.govdelivery.com

📚 Academic Research (Click for more)

• 💊 Buprenorphine-Naloxone vs Extended-Release Naltrexone Following Opioid Withdrawal Treatment - JAMA Network Open - 2026-07-14 - doi.org
• 💉 Development of a nalmefene formulation suitable for a community‐use auto‐injector - British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - 2026-07-14 - doi.org
• 🧪 Using a Syringe Service Program-Based Community Advisory Board to Expand HIV Testing, Overdose Prevention, and PrEP Linkage in a Southern Black Neighborhood - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - 2026-07-15 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🛠️ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Preventing Youth Overdose: Treatment, Recovery, Education, Awareness and Training - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
• 🛠️ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Centers - Deadline: Jul 16, 2026
• 💊 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

📣 Activism

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