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📰 News Media

• 🚬 [Minnesota] Why Is It Harder for People in Rural Communities to Quit ... - filtermag.org
• 🎬 [Fort Worth, TX] ‘Dancing with Death' documentary chronicles fentanyl North Texas crisis - star-telegram.com
• 📰 [Brookline, Massachusetts] Nicotine Free Generation bans could go up in smoke, advocates say - bostonglobe.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🔬 Last week, The Loop welcomed Stoftest Danmark (stoftest.org) for shared learning around drug checking and harm reduction. International collaboration helps build safer, more informed communities and strengthen... - @theloopuk on Bluesky
• 🧪 Chemistry and computers join forces to stay a step ahead of illicit fentanyl drugs. (link) - @ScienceNews on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 ICYMI: Multnomah County is considering a proposal modeled after my legislation to ban so-called “harm reduction” services that hand out free needles and foil near schools. Kids shouldn’t have to step over needles... - @ChristineDrazan on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• ⚖️ The public health impacts of drug-induced homicide laws: a community-engaged scoping review - Health & Justice - 2026-06-13 - doi.org
• 🧑 Perspectives of Youth Experiencing Homelessness on Substance Use and Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Youth Participatory Action Research Study - Journal of Addiction Medicine - 2026-06-08 - doi.org
• 🧪 Documenting the Emergence of Xylazine Among People Who Use Drugs in Rhode Island: An Analysis of Dried Blood Spot Samples - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-06-10 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Pennsylvania] An act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost of doing business by retailer; providing for tobacco products; and making repeals. - openstates.org

💸 Funding Click to expand

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
• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Capacity Development Program  - Deadline: Jul 8, 2026
• 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY) Existing Geographic Service Areas - Deadline: Jul 13, 2026
• 💸 National Institutes of Health - Avant Garde/Avenir Awards for Investigators Conducting High Risk/High Reward Research on HIV and Substance Use (or Substance Use Disorders) (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional) - Deadline: Sep 25, 2028
• 💸 National Institutes of Health - HEAL Initiative: Translating Addiction Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Research into Practice (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional) - Deadline: Feb 9, 2029
• 🩺 Hearst Foundations - Health - Hearst Foundations (Health) — Year-Round, Rolling Grant Applications - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Hearst Foundations - Social Service - Hearst Foundations – Social Service (year-round, rolling application) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Smart Family Fund - First time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch

📣 Activism

• ✊ Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Join the Housing Not Handcuffs campaign to oppose anti-homeless policies
• 🗓️ Mobilize Recovery - Register for Operation Understanding workshop on tough conversations