Featuring content from daily briefings generated July 24, 2026 through July 27, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [National, VT] Double the limit: Vermont bets bigger cannabis buys will beat the black market - vnews.com
- 🌿 [National] Frequent cannabis users wake with higher cortisol levels, study finds - medicalxpress.com
- 🌿 [National, Massachusetts] Massachusetts voters reassess recreational marijuana use this fall - wpri.com
- 🌿 [Royalton, Vermont] Voters to decide if Royalton allows cannabis sales - vnews.com
- 📝 [Indianapolis, Indiana] Grand jury investigating 'unlawful' cannabis lobbying at Indiana Statehouse - indystar.com
- 📰 [Charlemont, Massachusetts] He lost his son. Now he's teaching fly fishing to help others suffering from addiction. - wgbh.org
- 🏛️ [National] Meet Dr. Timothy Westlake: The Next Leader of SAMHSA? - chadsabora.substack.com
- 🧠 [National] One of the oldest psychedelics meets modern brain imaging - medicalxpress.com
- 💊 [Burlington, VT] Four Vermont health centers receive federal certification to expand mental health, substance use services - wcax.com
- 🏗️ [National] Rates of opioid toxicity deaths highest among construction and trades workers, study finds - medicalxpress.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 🛟 as a former public entertainer and addict in recovery, performing live, even just at open mics, poses its own risks. abstaining from the booze is easy, but resisting my addiction to people and attention is not and... - @thetincanandroid on Bluesky
- 💊 The good news is, within two weeks or less I'll be dried out and never jumping back in the hole no matter what. From there I'll be able to attend peer support groups at the outpatient rehab centre. Who knows, maybe... - @goodnewsrepeater on Bluesky
Innovation
- 💊 Check out the latest from CDUHR investigators Noa Krawczyk, David Frank, and Ashly Jordan- Mobile but still tied down: Challenges to scaling mobile methadone through a regulatory thicket (link) - @CDUHR_NYC on X
- 🧪 We(@Vanguard_Lab )have targeted lcmsms screens using 3 mrm transitions to identify 90+ illicit substances, method is validated for peptides, supplements and drinking water, and uses certified referance standards. We... - @Dustin_Newman on X
Opposition Views
- 🚫 Thank you for saying this. “Harm reduction” is just enabling addiction with better branding. It’s a nationwide failure. We need real treatment beds and recovery programs — not free needles and Narcan that keep... - @TheYBovinoQueen on X
- 🚫 Based on what we’re seeing on the ground, the millions Los Angeles City and County are spending on “harm reduction” (aka handing out Narcan and clean needles) are only fueling the crisis. The money needs to go to... - @USAttyEssayli on X
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 🧭 Experiences of Rural Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals Who Use Substances: Risk Factors of Substance Use and Barriers to Harm Reduction Services - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-07-21 - doi.org
- 🩺 Experiences of non-prescribed opioid use during opioid agonist therapy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-07-22 - doi.org
- 🏥 Ten-year longitudinal study of incarceration among a community-based cohort of people who inject drugs - Health & Justice - 2026-07-23 - doi.org
- Harm reduction among refugees and displaced populations in Lebanon: a systematic review
- Statewide implementation of MOUD in jails: aligning barriers and strategies in the quest for acceptability and feasibility
- dallas-naloxone-access: measured block-level naloxone access and placement analysis for Dallas County, Texas
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
- 💊 [Illinois] CLINIC PSYC-NO PRESCRIP OPIOID - openstates.org
- 📜 [Michigan] Controlled substances: schedules; scheduling of certain controlled substances; modify. Amends sec. 7204 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7204). - openstates.org
💸 Funding
Current
- 🚑 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
- 📣 National Alliance to End Homelessness - Contact Congress to protect homelessness funding and HUD renewals
- 📣 Shatterproof - Contact North Carolina House Representative to support SB 59
- Sign up to volunteer at Narcan at Night 2026 in Las Vegas