Featuring content from daily briefings generated August 7, 2026 through August 10, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 💊 [Washington, DC] DC faces criticism over plan to use opioid settlement money to help fund Medicaid costs - wtop.com
- 🏥 [National, Ontario] Ontario's big-city mayors to endorse mandatory addiction care, ramping up pressure on Ford government - qpbriefing.com
- 🧠 [Baltimore, MD] Profs and Pints: Psychedelics' emerging role in therapy - baltimoresun.com
- 🎛️ [National] Shambhala music festival drugs ketamine ecstasy - nytimes.com
- 💊 [National] US sees a big jump in nausea cases among frequent marijuana users in the hospital - wmur.com
- ⚖️ [National, International] Exclusive: How Bolivia’s Drug Laws Enable Sexual Torture - talkingdrugs.org
- 🌿 [Haverhill, MA] Haverhill voters to decide whether to approve cannabis cafes on local ballot - bostonglobe.com
- 🌿 [National] More frequent marijuana users being treated with nausea and vomiting condition: Report - kdvr.com
- 🧠 [National] Revisiting William White: The Collapse of 19th Century Addiction Treatment: Could It Happen Again? - recoveryreview.blog
- 🪡 [Augusta, ME] Augusta council pauses new, expanded needle exchange programs - centralmaine.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 🛟 I rarely talk about this, but I used to be addicted to meth. It wasn't a moral failing, it was me being at the wrong party at the wrong time. A really hot guy encouraged me to use with him and I was instantly... - @nommo333 on X
- 💬 They were talking to me about how it's good to have narcan on hand even if you don't use. I asked for some bc my partner at the time was a former user (better be safe). I'm now labeled an opiate addict permanently... - @kokiricat on Bluesky
Innovation
- 🧴 "In late April, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration banned the use of federal grants for distributing strips to the public and for some other harm reduction practices that have been... - @servelan on Bluesky
- 🧪 SAMHSA banned federal funds for fentanyl test strips—our cheapest overdose prevention tool. Baltimore OD deaths dropped 40% using these. Now programs choose between strips and wound care. We're going backwards.... - @lifejourneyblog on X
Opposition Views
- 🚫 Legalization sounds great, tax revenue; fewer arrests, safer use; but the real-world results of the last 30 years don’t match the pitch. That “revenue” gets eaten up by higher healthcare and addiction costs. Use... - @SupportAALM on X
- 🚫 I have been in the housing the government has spent 100s of millions on (if not billions). They are the worst places I have ever seen. They just enable the users to use more and have the supplies and care to advance... - @brian4591 on X
🏙 City Updates
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📚 Academic Research
- 🏥 Correlates of Post-Release Overdose Among Women With Opioid Use Disorder Returning to the Community Following Jail Incarceration - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-08-07 - doi.org
- 🧠 Identifying naloxone knowledge gaps on Reddit among laypersons and healthcare providers using AI - BMC Public Health - 2026-08-06 - doi.org
- 🏚️ Study: Remediating abandoned houses reduces fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses - Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly - 2026-08-10 - doi.org
- Implementation of an In-Shelter Drug Poisoning Management Program in Calgary, Alberta: A Qualitative Study of Staff Perspectives and Experiences
- Multidisciplinary Strategies to Improve Transitions of Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Clinical Quality Improvement Study
- What Dose of Methamphetamine Do Regular Consumers Use Daily? Estimating Oral Amphetamine Milligram Equivalents
⚖️ Law & Policy
City Ordinances
💸 Funding
Current
- 🩺 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
- NEW🧠 Elevance Health Foundation - Behavioral Health (Grant Applications) - Grant ranges are open; funding levels determined based on factors including need and the plan presented. Generally, grants last from one to three years. - Deadline: Jan 31, 2027
- 🔬 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