Featuring content from daily briefings generated August 4, 2026 through August 6, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 🚬 [National] FDA authorizes 4 flavored nicotine pouches - thehill.com
- 💉 [Milwaukie, Oregon] How deep-rooted medical bias creates deadly consequences for addiction patients - ctpublic.org
- 🧘 [National] Mindfulness-based therapy for opioid misuse can offer massive return on investment - medicalxpress.com
- 🟢 [Newton, MA] Newton ordered to repay over $2 million to marijuana companies; some funded police dog to keep kids off drugs - bostonglobe.com
- 🚑 [National] The value of a refusal: Research targets engagement gaps in opioid overdose care - medicalxpress.com
- 💉 [Indianapolis, IN] 'Tranq and dex': What to know about new deadly drugs in Marion County - indystar.com
- 💊 [National] MOTAA 2.0 Is Not Real Methadone Reform - filtermag.org
- 💊 [National, New York] New Resource Explains How Out-of-Network PPO Benefits Work for New York Couples Seeking Addiction Treatment - apnews.com
- 🌿 [National] Senate funding bill seeks delay of hemp THC ban - thehill.com
- 🏥 [Vergennes, Vermont] Vermont step-down rehab fills beds and a gap in addiction treatment - wcax.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 💬 Lrp AND!! All of those people deserve healthcare and empathy! yes even the person who smoked two packs a day deserves cancer treatment, even the former alcoholic deserves a liver transplant. Even the drug addict... - @tristafae on Bluesky
- 💊 Poor guy 🥹🙏Doctors don't care anymore. My doc retired & I had no one that would help. I was under Palliative care for 11 year's. I've been a CPP for 30 year's. I was on Fentanyl 100 mcg patches every 2 days & break... - @earthgodess48 on X
Innovation
- 💉 New fentanyl vaccine blocks deadly overdoses before they start Although naloxone can reverse an overdose, -must be administered quickly to be effective (link) - @BroochOpioidEMS on X
- 🧪 New online training dates are now available from The Loop. Our sessions draw on our expertise in drug checking, harm reduction and emerging drug market trends, combining current evidence with practical knowledge.... - @theloopuk on Bluesky
Opposition Views
- 🚫 In US they taking the tough luv route.... cutting supply of narcotics and harm reduction programmes.....drug use down but drug deaths up.... Its not sympathetic but it is solving the drug problem - @Gov_pub1 on X
- 🚫 3. Decriminalization and Leniency Undermine Deterrence ⚠️Reducing prosecutions, light bail, and diversion for repeat offenders erode consequences. This isn’t “equity”—it’s ABANDONMENT. Property crime, transit... - @WTPCongress on X
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 How should low-threshold and primary care clinics prepare to provide long-acting injectable buprenorphine? A qualitative implementation study of patient and staff perspectives - 2026-08-06 - doi.org
- 🚑 Paramedic perspectives on prehospital buprenorphine: A qualitative case study of implementation in emergency medical services - The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - 2026-08-01 - doi.org
- ⚖️ An Experimental Survey of Key Factors Involved in Problem-Solving Court Staff Decisions About Medications For Opioid Use Disorder - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-08-03 - doi.org
- Maternal Opioid Use and Hospital Management of Opioid-exposed Newborns: Establishing Baseline Data Before Piloting the Eat, Sleep, Console Model of Care in an Australian Public Health Organization
- Leveraging Social Media to Disseminate Evidence-Based Messaging About Substance Use to Reduce Stigma and Promote Harm Reduction in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Opioid, Buprenorphine, Benzodiazepine, Naloxone, and Stimulant Prescriptions Dispensed to Rhode Island Residents, 2022-2025.
⚖️ Law & Policy
City Ordinances
- 🏠 [Nashville, TN] Resolution RS2026-2165: ...Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Homeless Services, as the local HUD Continuum of Care... - nashville.legistar.com
- 🏠 [Nashville, TN] Resolution RS2026-2166: ...Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Homeless Services, to provide staff to help promote Individual... - nashville.legistar.com
- 🏙️ [Seattle, WA] Council Bill (CB) CB 121248: An ordinance relating to controlled substances; updating City policy for the enforcement of the crimes of knowing possession... - seattle.legistar.com
💸 Funding
Current
- NEW🩺 Centers for Disease Control-GHC - Improving regional capacity to respond to HIV, TB, and other global health priorities in Central America - Deadline: Aug 31, 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 - 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 - Social Service - Hearst Foundations — Social Service (FAQ; year-round rolling applications) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: No deadlines: year-round, rolling application.
- 🤝 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - No active funding opportunities currently accepting proposals - Deadline: RWJF states it is not accepting grant proposals at this time (no deadline listed).
- 💡 Smart Family Fund - First-time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch
📣 Activism
- 📝 Mobilize Recovery - Register for Understanding Recovery and Accessibility workshop
- 📣 National Homelessness Law Center - Join Housing Not Handcuffs campaign for homelessness action alerts