Featuring content from daily briefings generated July 13, 2026 through July 16, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 💉 [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
- 📞 [National] 988 Enters Its Fourth Year as Demand Grows and the Mental Health and Substance Use Landscape Shifts - kff.org
- 🧯 [Portland, Oregon] After Anemic Early Results, Multnomah County Updated Its ... - wweek.com
- 🧠 [National] HHS and VA Solidify Plan to Accelerate Psychedelic Treatments for Veterans - bhbusiness.com
- 💊 [National] Methadone Was Locked to OTPs. Loosening That Rule Is Dividing Providers - bhbusiness.com
- ☠️ [Phoenix, Arizona] The Epicenter of Drug Deaths in America Is Shifting West - nytimes.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 💬 I beat ketamine addiction – others deserve rehab too #Kent #BBCNews - @kentuk on Bluesky
- 🧠 There's plenty of evidence for that: vast majority of people with addiction have trauma and/or pre-existing mental illness. Occam's razor & massive amounts of personal experience suggest that these are linked, even... - @maiasz 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
- 🚫 Housing drug addicts who probably have underlining physical and mental health issues without a requirement of sobriety is an absolute losing proposition and a slap in the face of any non addicted working homeless. - @del_puesta 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
- 💊 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
- Dismantling harm reduction funding in Ontario: Safe consumption sites and the organized abandonment of people who use drugs
- From emergence to replacement: The evolution of 3‐methylmethcathinone (3‐MMC) and its substitutes in the Dutch drug market (2012–2024)
- Patient Access to Buprenorphine at Community Pharmacies: A Scoping Review of Audit Studies
⚖️ Law & Policy
- No hits in Law and Policy today.
💸 Funding
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
- 🚑 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
- 🛠️ Health Resources and Services Administration - Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Technical Assistance - Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
- 🛟 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers - Deadline: Jul 29, 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
📣 Activism
- No activism updates found.