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📰 News Media

• 🧪 [North Carolina] Service Delivery in a Dynamic Drug Market: Building on Successes of SSP Service Delivery in North Carolina - opioiddata.org
• 🌿 [Dutchess County (Beacon referenced), NY] Dutchess County kratom ban leaves advocates unhappy as some products are still legal - wamc.org
• 🍃 [Austin, TX] Are THC products still on Texas shelves safe? It’s complicated, experts say - dallasobserver.com
• 🚨 [International] US defense secretary says Colombia's president has requested US collaboration in anti-drug efforts - apnews.com
• 🛡️ [National] We Need to Focus on Violence Against Women Who Use Drugs - filtermag.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 Lewis Wright - known to many around southern Ohio as Menace - is a musician, motorcycle enthusiast, father, husband, cancer survivor, and as someone with a lived experience of substance use, an advocate for... - @index on Bluesky

Innovation

• 📈 Bayesian ACCESS for Understanding Latent Epidemic Trajectories from Publicly Released Suppressed Data: Application to U.S. Opioid-related Overdose Mortality Jiahao Cao, Kehe Zhang, Cici Bauer (link) [𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝.𝙼𝙴 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝.𝙰𝙿] - @StatisticsME on X
• 🧠 @Super_Powers_AI Hey Super, build an interactive Overdose Emergency Response Simulator grounded in evidence-based SAMHSA and American Heart Association emergency protocols. (link) The first viewport features a live... - @RohanArun on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 The disastrous era of harm reduction and housing first is finally over. Folks like @Twolfrecovery and me have fought for years for Treatment First. It’s incredible to see this come to fruition under the Trump-Vance... - @SoledadUrsua on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Oklahoma City, OK] - August 12, 2026 - Key to Home expands CARE Team with support from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation - newsletter

  EXCERPT: "- Key to Home’s CARE Team has expanded with support from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s Bridge OKC Fund to create new pathways to housing for people with complex mental health needs.
  - The expansion uses a multidisciplinary approach to homelessness, with staff skilled in street outreach, first response, mental health, and clinical care.
  - The funding will help secure rental assistance for clients while they work with case managers toward stabilization.
  - The full story is available at [Link to story](https://www.okc.gov/News-articles/Key-to-Home-expands-CARE-Team-with-support-from-the-Oklahoma-City-Community-Foundation?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery)."
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📚 Academic Research

• 💊 Probable naltrexone-precipitated opioid withdrawal in a patient receiving methadone maintenance after use of a weight-loss medication obtained through a direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform: a case report - Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy - 2026-08-07 - doi.org
• 💉 Evaluation of Naloxone Training & Cultural Tailoring Recommendations from Billings Urban Indian Health and Wellness Staff - RVU Elevate - 2026-08-07 - doi.org
• 💊 Patient-Reported Versus Pharmacy-Verified Naloxone Co-Prescription Fill Rates in a Chronic Pain Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Discordance Analysis - Pain Medicine - 2026-08-07 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding Click to expand

Current

• Deadline Approaching🚑 Office of National Drug Control Policy - Nonfatal Overdoses in Emergency Departments: Bridging Patient Characteristics, Biospecimen Toxicology, and Drug Supply Composition - 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 - Health - Hearst Foundations (Health) — Year-Round, Rolling Grant Applications (No Deadlines) - Minimum grant size is $100,000. (No other amounts stated.) - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Hearst Foundations - Social Service - Hearst Foundations Social Service Funding (Year-Round Rolling Application) — FAQ - Minimum grant size is $100,000. - Deadline: Year-round, rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Smart Family Fund - Angel Philanthropy (First-Time Grants) - First time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch

📣 Activism

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