Featuring content from daily briefings generated July 2, 2026 through July 6, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 📰 [National, Connecticut] CT wants to treat more teens with substance use disorder. Finding providers is challenging - ctpublic.org
- 📰 [National] Tobacco Companies Are Cashing In on Zyn’s Unstoppable Popularity - nytimes.com
- 📰 [National] Transformation grounded in the reconciliation of identity, values, and belonging - recoveryreview.blog
- 📰 [Boston, MA] Waste water wars: Massachusetts company loses state contract as public health evolves - The Boston Globe - bostonglobe.com
- 📰 [National] EU Nicotine-Tax Doubts After Parliamentary Rejections - filtermag.org
- 📰 [Hartford, CT] Governor Lamont, Mashantucket Tribe push cannabis compact - wfsb.com
- 📰 [Marietta, GA] Trulieve Commemorates Georgia Medical Cannabis Launch with First Sale - apnews.com
- 💉 [National] DEA moves to ban opioid-like kratom compound 7-OH - thehill.com
- 📰 [National] Interview with Robert DuPont, MD - recoveryreview.blog
- 🧪 [National] Of Course 7-OH and Cychlorphine Fit Schedule I Criteria. All New Drugs Do. - filtermag.org
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 💬 I went to my AA meeting and shared about how my naltrexone is over $200 all of a sudden and that I guess this means the training wheels are coming off of my recovery journey. I'm going to leave a note with the... - @smolanarchist on Bluesky
- 💬 Hot, sticky, and up since 4AM, but only because I wanted to do a good job presenting to the Opioid Settlment Fund Advisory Board on the committed work happening at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. I... - @rebecca-linn-walton-phd-lcsw-ab795289 on LinkedIn
Innovation
- 💬 AI powered detection addiction treatment platform with numerous municipalities signed and thousands of patients - @mathisjustmath on X
- 💬 Is it time to rethink "precipitated withdrawal"? This article introduces a buprenorphine-associated opioid withdrawal model based on pharmocokinetics, offering a more nuanced framework for understanding withdrawal... - @JournalGIM on X
Opposition Views
- 🚫 Advocates say supervised consumption sites like the one in #Yaletown don’t impact residents or small businesses, w/ “robust” plans to prevent disorder & drug dealing. This shows what living & working nearby is like.... - @PeterMeiszner on X
- 🚫 F'n LISTEN: Not disagreeing with you. Merely suggesting this should have been dealt with from the VERY beginning: For addicts - jail/treatment/commitment For dealers - hard labor If it's not done, even WORSE than... - @Peace_Grenade81 on X
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic 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 - Frontiers in Digital Health - 2026-07-03 - doi.org
- 🫁 The role of oxygen in shelter-based overdose response: A qualitative needs assessment across shelter sites in Toronto, Canada - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-07-04 - doi.org
- 🩺 “Once I started going… I had this central wheel hub”: Drivers of overdose prevention center engagement and connections to care in Rhode Island - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-06-30 - doi.org
- Cost-Effectiveness of Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine With Rapid Follow-Up for Opioid Use Disorder
- Implementation Evaluation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Address the Infectious Disease and Overdose Syndemic Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings
- Perspectives on harm reduction kit implementation in heterogeneous outpatient clinics
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
State Laws
- 📜 [Vermont] An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments - openstates.org
- 📜 [Vermont] An act relating to cannabis - openstates.org
- 📜 [Vermont] An act relating to fiscal year 2027 Opioid Abatement Special Fund and Substance Misuse Prevention Special Fund appropriations - openstates.org
City Ordinances
- 🏙️ [Columbus, OH] Ordinance 1952-2026: ...removal, safe storage, and hygiene initiatives for the City’s unsheltered population; to authorize the appropriation of $107,500.00 and... - columbus.legistar.com
- 🏙️ [Columbus, OH] Ordinance 2057-2026: ...for Columbus residents enrolled in the Buckeye Diversion criminal deflection program; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of... - columbus.legistar.com
💸 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
- 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Capacity Development Program - 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 - 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
- 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Preventing Drug Overdoses: Community Prevention and Response - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Recovery Community Services Program - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 💸 Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Technical Assistance - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 💸 National Institutes of Health - Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
- 💸 National Institutes of Health - Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional) - Deadline: Aug 21, 2028
- 💸 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 - Social Service - Hearst Foundations — Social Service (FAQ; year-round rolling applications) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: No deadlines: year-round, rolling application.
- 💸 Smart Family Fund - First-time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch
Future
📣 Activism
- 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for recovery support programs
- ✉️ The National Council for Mental Wellbeing - Ask your Representative to support the Residential Recovery for Seniors Act