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📰 News Media

• 🚑 [MA] Study demonstrates the positive impact of expanding mobile addiction clinics - medicalxpress.com
• 💊 [KY] Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed. - propublica.org
• 💊 [MD] Maryland to host town halls to discuss opioid settlement fund - baltimoresun.com
• 🧠 [International] The Representation Crisis: Who is the Psychedelic Revolution Really For? - talkingdrugs.org
• 🏛️ [Los Angeles, CA] L.A. County supervisors approve ballot measure to restore funds for jail alternatives - latimes.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 As one of my doctors told me when I started my recovery journey, "There's something about how abuse affects children that often leads to addiction and incarceration down the road." I had been through both and I do... - @buckbritt on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🧪 Toronto’s Drug Checking Services continues to see contamination & unpredictability in the unregulated opioid supply. Free training + resources on identifying & responding to overdoses & administering naloxone are... - @TOPublicHealth on X
• 💻 Technology Platform (Peer PLUS) Supporting the Work of Peer Recovery Coaches and the Communication Needs of Individuals in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder: Protocol for an R21 Development and Usability Trial. (link) - @digitalhealthev on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Supervised consumption sites gave little value. "The best available evidence indicates that supervised consumption sites do little to nothing to reduce drug overdose deaths in their surrounding communities." (link) - @treatment_first on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Los Angeles, CA] - July 29, 2026 - LA County Close-Up - newsletter

  EXCERPT: "- The LA County Close-Up feature follows Julie Le's journey from addiction to recovery through the Office of Diversion and Re-Entry.
  - It explains how the Office of Diversion and Re-Entry provides care and a second chance for individuals involved in the justice system.
  - View more stories on Channel 92 or 94, or watch this piece here [Watch here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=&v=90xokn9Zj3s).
  - Catch up on LA County Close-Up at the hub here [Catch up on LA County Close-Up here](https://lacounty.gov/newsroom/featured-content/la-county-close-up/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=)."
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📚 Academic Research

• 🩹 Operationalizing recipient-centeredness: three facets of values-driven care in syringe services programs - Implementation Science Communications - 2026-07-28 - doi.org
• 💊 Primer on revised methadone regulations - Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly - 2026-07-27 - doi.org
• 🧠 An Educational Program for Residential Staff to Enhance Confidence in Supporting Substance Use Prevention and Reduction Among Foster Youth - The Human Occupation & Wellbeing Journal - 2026-07-29 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 Funding Click to expand

Current

• 🔬 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) — Year-Round Rolling Grant Applications (FAQ) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🩺 Hearst Foundations - Health - Hearst Foundations — Health funding (year-round rolling applications) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Smart Family Fund - Angel Philanthropy (First-Time Grants) - $25,000 to $100,000 (first time grants) - Deadline: Open pitch

📣 Activism

• No activism updates found.