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📰 News Media

• 💊 [National] Trump order targets 'harm reduction' programs for drug users - washingtonpost.com
• 💉 [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] Harm prevention efforts have cut drug OD deaths. Why is ... - jsonline.com
• 🌿 [Houston, TX] Smoke shops may be forced to close amid Texas hemp THC ban takes effect, experts say - abc13.com
• 💉 [Austin, TX] Opinion: Texas Needs a War on Fentanyl, Not Hemp-Derived THC • The Austin Chronicle - austinchronicle.com
• 🩹 [National] Find Harm Reduction Resources Near You - harmreduction.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 I know this will be unpopular, but I’m speaking from experience because I lived this life for five years on the streets of San Francisco. Why are we making street homelessness more comfortable for people whose... - @AmberRichmondSF on X

Innovation

• 🏥 Systematic review: Supervised injection facilities mostly associated with reduced overdose mortality, improved injection behavior but no increase of crime or public nuisance. - @StaffanOvesson on X
• 🧪 Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are a low-cost overdose prevention tool. These small paper strips can detect fentanyl in many drug types and forms, helping reduce overdose risk when used with other safety strategies.... - @PACTCoalition on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 California hands out meth pipes In the name of denouncing the racist war on drugs, California created drug hubs free from monitoring by law enforcement. Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom began the Harm Reduction... - @patrick_laidlaw on X

🏙 City Updates

• No recent City Updates found.

📚 Academic Research

• 🌿 Policy Analysis of The Texas Compassionate Use Program - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-07-30 - doi.org
• 🧯 Neighborhood Environmental Interventions and Opioid Overdose Rates - JAMA Network Open - 2026-07-31 - doi.org
• 💊 Medicaid Payment Policies for Methadone Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, 2020-2025 - Health Affairs Scholar - 2026-07-31 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 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 - 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
• 🔬 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 - Health - Hearst Foundations – Year-round, rolling application (FAQ) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Hearst Foundations - Social Service - Hearst Foundations — Social Service 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 (Send Us a Pitch) - First time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch

📣 Activism

• No activism updates found.