Featuring content from daily briefings generated August 18, 2026 through August 20, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [National] As More Americans Turn to Cannabis, Problem Use Is Increasing - nytimes.com
- 🧪 [National, International] How Drug Checking Services Around the World Navigate Prohibition - talkingdrugs.org
- 💊 [Aurora, Illinois] Kane County Health Department to host training on medication that reverses opioid overdoses - chicagotribune.com
- 🧪 [Naperville, IL] Naperville council mulls ban on retail sale of kratom products - chicagotribune.com
- 🤝 [National] Revisiting William White – Sponsor, Recovery Coach, Addiction Counselor: - recoveryreview.blog
- 🏥 [National] Confessions from a Retired Addiction Treatment CEO: The Industry Keeps ‘Recycling Solutions’ - bhbusiness.com
- 💊 [National] DOJ watchdog launches review of DEA’s controversial fentanyl tactic - thehill.com
- 🌍 [National, International] International Aid is Paying for Drug-Related Executions, Even as it Cuts Harm Reduction - talkingdrugs.org
- 🏫 [Fort Kent, ME] Maine’s first recovery high school opens to help teens get off drugs - pressherald.com
- ⚖️ [National, Canada] What do we owe people? Ethics and the rollback of harm reduction programs in Canada - blog.catie.ca
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- No posts found today.
Innovation
- 🧑 Our work was highlighted in the Harm Reduction Journal! We facilitated working groups into young sex workers who use drugs, and young people who use opioids in participatory and collaborative processes. You can read... - @YouthRISE on X
- 🤖 “OpioidCM’s model works by analyzing de-identified pharmacy and health-plan claims for patterns it considers signs of “rising risk,” such as frequent opioid refills, increasing doses, overlapping prescriptions,... - @life_is_art___ on X
Opposition Views
- 🚫 1 in 3 homeless people use hard drugs. The response from unaccountable agencies was a policy called "harm reduction." It aims to reduce the consequences of drug use rather than change it. A patient REFUSES treatment... - @InstituteCicero on X
- 🚫 The Surrender Doctrine: “Harm Reduction” = Enabling Addiction Biden’s so-called “harm reduction” drug policies—championed by his Drug Czar Rahul Gupta—have only made things worse. By prioritizing naloxone, test... - @BuyzeHank68043 on X
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 💉 A county-wide public health intervention to increase low-barrier, community-based naloxone access: Protocol for an implementation science evaluation (Preprint) - 2026-08-19 - doi.org
- 🚬 Digital twin frameworks for smoking and nicotine dependence: toward predictive and personalised smoking cessation - Egyptian Journal of Bronchology - 2026-08-14 - doi.org
- 💉 Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network (JCOIN) 1.0: Brixadi Versus Extended-Release Naltrexone Hub, Client Data, Maryland, 2020-2024 - ICPSR Data Holdings - 2026-08-18 - doi.org
- Engagement with overdose education and naloxone uptake at jail release: Evidence from a vending machine–based naloxone-on-release program in Los Angeles County
- The Emotional and Mental Wellbeing of Women Who Use Drugs Engaged in Community-Based Overdose Response
- Toward a Pharmacy-Led Value-Based Care Model for Buprenorphine Initiation and Management (PharmValue): Development of a Scalable Pharmacist-Led Collaborative Practice Agreement for Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
State Laws
City Ordinances
💸 Funding
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
- NEW💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 2026
- NEW💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Family-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 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.
- 💡 Smart Family Fund - First-time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. - Deadline: Open pitch