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📰 News Media
- 💉 [Oak Lawn, IL] Oak Lawn methadone clinic owner used millions in Medicaid fraud scheme to buy yacht, cars, jewelry, feds say - chicago.suntimes.com
- 💊 [National] Bipartisan bill seeks to allow direct prescribing of methadone for opioid addiction - statnews.com
- 🌿 [National] Kratom is a legal $13 ‘natural’ high that’s led to addiction and 91 deaths: ‘Soccer moms are on it’ - nypost.com
- 💉 [National] UK Stimulant Pipe Program Tracks the Risks of Homemade Options - filtermag.org
- 🫱 [National] Have We Traded the Recovery Movement for a Peer Service Industry? - recoveryreview.blog
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 🧪 “Time for tailored harm reduction focus on new initiates to injecting drug use” by Daniel O’Keefe and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy…are we doing enough for new injectors? #DrugPolicy - @ijdrugpolicy on X
- 🏥 Lewiston’s needle exchange program could soon face major changes, as a group of residents pushes to tighten the city’s harm reduction ordinance. (link) - @FOX23Maine on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
📧 - [Oklahoma City, OK] - June 24, 2026 - City leaders celebrate grand opening of MAPS 4 Diversion Hub - newsletter
EXCERPT: "- Oklahoma City has opened the MAPS 4 Diversion Hub, a 35,575-square-foot facility to provide comprehensive support services to people and families impacted by the criminal legal system.
- Diversion Hub aims to divert residents away from jail or prison and relieve pressure on the Oklahoma County jail.
- Programming includes case management, justice navigation, recovery support, workforce assistance, emergency basic needs, benefits enrollment, housing navigation, family services, behavioral health and substance use services, with partners sharing space in the Diversion Hub; learn more at [MAPS 4](https://www.okc.gov/Infrastructure-Development/Current-Infrastructure-Projects/MAPS-4?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery) and [Diversion Hub](https://www.diversionhub.org/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery).
- The project is funded with a $19-million facility and endowments from foundations, including support from the Arnall Family Foundation.
- MAPS 4 is a debt-free public improvement program funded by a temporary penny sales tax that began in 2020 and ends in 2028."
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📚 Academic Research
- 🧑 Centering the voices of young people who use opioids and youth harm reduction practitioners: insights from an international Youth RISE cohort - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-06-22 - doi.org
- 💊 Adjunctive Psychosocial Interventions and Opioid Abstinence Among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine - JAMA Network Open - 2026-06-23 - doi.org
- 💊 Correction to: Enhancing opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution through pharmacist-led community outreach - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy - 2026-06-24 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
💸 Funding
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
- 💸 National Institutes of Health - Limited Competition: Growing Great Ideas: Research Education Course in Entrepreneurship and Product Development for Researchers Studying Drug Use, Drug Misuse, and Drug Addiction (UE5 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
- 🏥 Hearst Foundations - Social Service - Hearst Foundations — Year-Round Rolling Application (Social Service/Community Health aligned requests) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
- 🏥 Hearst Foundations - Health - Hearst Foundations — Year-round, rolling grant application (Health funding area) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
- 💡 Smart Family Fund - First time grants range from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch
📣 Activism
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