Daily Update

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📰 News Media

• 💉 [Vancouver, British Columbia] Meet the ‘hit doctor’: Inside an informal network of drug users trying to stay alive - cbc.ca
• 💉 [Edinburgh, International] Drug Consumption Room Proposal: Could Edinburgh Follow Glasgow in Saving Lives? - talkingdrugs.org
• 📊 [National] Overdose Death Data Patterns Emerge as Crisis Surges in Western States - filtermag.org
• 💊 [National] Why the gap between policy and lived reality continues to shape the opioid epidemic, and what the settlement era can do about it. - reginalabelle.substack.com
• 🇨 [International] The Policeman and the Professor: A Public Debate Over the Future of Czech Drug Policies - drogriporter.hu

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I was stuck in an abusive home numbing my pain with alcohol…i was in therapy and on med but mixing w alcohol…now I can see clearly that the friends I had weren’t really friends because they aren’t here now except... - @veeannemodels on Bluesky

Innovation

• 📦 — need naloxone or clean syringes? (link) — interested in an online, mail based resource for supplies and tips? visit (link) — need testing kits? check out (link) - @nogayshitbro on X
• 🧪 i had the privilege of bringing the first box of fentanyl testing strips to MPLS in 2018 after a tribal harm reduction conference & connected with the local drug users union at that time to help get them out after... - @britculpsapp on Bluesky

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Fun fact: the BC NDP funded a “harm reduction” guidebook on how library bathrooms can be turned into de facto supervised consumption sites. Among other things, the document recommended installing egg timers in... - @AdamZivo on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San José, CA] - June 19, 2026 - Harm Reduction Program Newsletter: OD Awareness Day, MAT Program, CHOV, and Clinician Trainings - content.govdelivery.com
• 📧 - [Louisville, KY] - June 19, 2026 - Overdose deaths down again as Naloxone access surges - newsletter

  EXCERPT: "Overdose deaths in Jefferson County and Kentucky have declined for the third consecutive year.
  More people are trained in overdose prevention and carry naloxone, increasing community readiness.
  Free naloxone can be found in many locations across our community through [FindNaloxoneNowKY.org](https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Sq_ACmZ08JFgY6O4uOhXTRjgrl?domain=findnaloxone.ky.gov&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery).
  The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness continues to support overdose prevention and naloxone access."
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📚 Academic Research

• 💉 Projected Outcomes of Reducing Federal Funding for Syringe Service Programs via Executive Order - JAMA Network Open - 2026-06-18 - doi.org
• 🧪 Navigating an unpredictable supply: lived experiences of xylazine exposure among people who use drugs - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-17 - doi.org
• 💉 Pain is associated with reduced adherence to safer injection practices among people who inject opioids - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-19 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Alaska] ...relating to distribution of indecent material to minors; relating to prostitution; relating to the Controlled Substances Advisory Committee; relating to the testimony of children in criminal proceedings; relating... - openstates.org

City Ordinances

• 🏙️ [Nashville, TN] Resolution RS2026-2008: ...approving an application for a Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program grant from the U.S. Department... - nashville.legistar.com
• 🏙️ [Baltimore, MD] Ordinance 26-0169: Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation – M-R Office of Homeless Services – $2,000,000 FOR the purpose of providing... - baltimore.legistar.com

💸 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
• 💸 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 - 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
• 🩺 Hearst Foundations - Health - Hearst Foundations (Health) — Year-Round, Rolling Application for Non-Endowment Grants - 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 Grants via Grants Portal - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: No deadlines; applications are year-round and rolling.
• 💡 Smart Family Fund - Angel Philanthropy (Send Us a Pitch) - First time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch

📣 Activism

• 💜 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Support National Harm Reduction Coalition’s 30th anniversary campaign
• 📝 Mobilize Recovery - Send public comment to HHS on recovery support by July 5