Featuring content from daily briefings generated August 28, 2026 through August 31, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 🌿 [Boston, MA] A ballot question could get rid of recreational weed in Mass. These cannabis consumers say it wouldn’t stop them. - bostonglobe.com
- ⚖️ [Casco, ME] Founder of Casco’s Pachamama Sanctuary details lawsuit over ayahuasca - pressherald.com
- 🧪 [Londonderry, New Hampshire] New DEA lab in Londonderry to speed up drug prosecutions | CloseUp - wmur.com
- 📰 [National] Q&A: Short animation changes how people see addiction - medicalxpress.com
- 💉 [Denver, CO] Deadly fentanyl hits denver area market as new overdose operation launches - kdvr.com
- 🚭 [Providence, RI] Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology - wpri.com
- 🩺 [National] Revisiting the Article That Sent Shockwaves Throughout the Substance Use Disorder Profession - recoveryreview.blog
- 💉 [National, Alberta] The Alberta Recovery Model: The Trojan Horse of Privatised Drug Treatment - talkingdrugs.org
- 🧠 [National, International] WIM VAN DEN BRINK | Psychedelics help reduce compulsive thinking, such as craving in drug addiction - drogriporter.hu
- 🚑 [Burlington, VT] Along the banks of Lake Champlain, who’s harming whom? - bostonglobe.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 💬 I'm an alcoholic & an addict & I don't mind the word "drunks". I refer to myself as a "former drunk". She didn't call out fascism because she was too busy making life better for people who really needed it. Anyone... - @silverapplequeen1 on Bluesky
- 🧠 Left: heroin, fentanyl and cocaine addict, shooting every day, living on the streets. Right: 769 days sober, learning to live a life I finally love. My dad got me off the streets on July 21, 2024. I walked into... - @kaiba755 on X
Innovation
- 🩺 In 2025, Check It became a state-authorized Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Program and began distributing syringes and other supplies to protect people who use drugs against HIV, hepatitis C, and... - @globalhealthnow on X
- 🧪 ✅️ Remember the Transparency Triple Check for confident at-home testing: Screen for adulterants with test strips, identify your substance with multiple reagents, and verify your results with the Transparency Harm... - @BunkPolice on X
Opposition Views
- 🚫 He controlled the border which made supply slightly harder, changed the focus from harm reduction to recovery. Harm reduction just provided incentives for drug use. Ended housing first which further supported drug... - @ResponderSF on X
- 🚫 Newsom will ban disposable vapes because of the environmental impact of plastic & "hazardous" waste yet he removed ALL environmental impact responsibly from "harm reduction" programs handing out syringes to homeless... - @Wolfways44 on X
🏙 City Updates
- 📧 - [Louisville, KY] - August 28, 2026 - Could a vape be hiding in your grocery pickup order? - newsletter - content.govdelivery.com
📧 - [Milwaukee, WI] - August 28, 2026 - New MHD Blog Post: When Naloxone Is Within Reach, Lives Can Be Saved
EXCERPT: "- Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, Milwaukee's Health Department published a new blog post on naloxone access: [When Naloxone Is Within Reach, Lives Can Be Saved](https://city.milwaukee.gov/health/blog/When-Naloxone-Is-Within-Reach-Lives-Can-Be-Saved).
- This year MHD has distributed more than 8,000 naloxone kits across the community, including at a St. Vincent de Paul Milwaukee meal site where naloxone helped save a life.
- The post highlights partnerships such as RISE Drug Free MKE working to make naloxone more accessible and reduce fatal overdoses in Milwaukee.
- International Overdose Awareness Day events include a 10 a.m. press conference at Milwaukee City Hall and activities from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Veterans Park and the lakefront, under the theme 'You Are Still Needed'."
📚 Academic Research
- 💧 Eight years of nationwide routine wastewater surveillance in New Zealand: Demonstrating its complementary role in public health policy - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-08-29 - doi.org
- 🏥 Framework for the Opioid Use Disorder Cascade of Care: Adaptation and Application for a Large Municipal Health System - Public Health Reports - 2026-08-30 - doi.org
- 📱 Smartphone‐Delivered MBRP and Quality of Life among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: A Pilot Before–After Study - Health Science Reports - 2026-08-26 - doi.org
- 🏠 Challenges and opportunities in embedding core components of substance use health care into Housing First programs - Frontiers in Public Health - 2026-08-26 - doi.org
- 🧪 Drug checking results, participant characteristics, and service retention from a longitudinal community-based drug checking study in the United States - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-08-30 - doi.org
- 🚓 Police drug market disruptions and number of drug sources among people who use drugs in San Francisco - Health & Justice - 2026-08-28 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
- ⚖️ [United States] [Comment Request] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Potential Tobacco Product Violations Reporting Form - federalregister.gov
- 🧪 [United States] ...Bromonordiazepam); Ethylbromazolam; Etomethazene (5-Methyl Etodesnitazene); Spirochlorphine (R6980); Etomidate; Medetomidine; Request for Comments - federalregister.gov
💸 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
- NEWDeadline Approaching🩺 Centers for Disease Control-GHC - Ending HIV and TB as public health threats through an accelerated and sustained comprehensive response in India - Deadline: Sep 16, 2026
- 💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based 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
Future
📣 Activism
- 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV funding cuts
- 💬 Mobilize Recovery - Sign up for Ryan Hampton’s live Reddit addiction AMA
- Write to Congress supporting the Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act