Featuring content from daily briefings generated September 18, 2026 through September 21, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 🏥 [National] Unexpected GLP-1 side effect? Studies show the meds may help people with addictions - thehill.com
- 🌿 [National] Addiction clinics see rising cases of kratom and 7-OH withdrawal - statnews.com
- 🍄 [Ann Arbor, MI] Dream or hallucination? Advocates want Michigan to legalize psychedelic drugs - detroitnews.com
- 💉 [National, International] It’s Time for Harm Reduction to Focus on New Initiates to Injecting Drug Use - talkingdrugs.org
- 🏥 [National, Scotland] Mission Accomplished? Rehab in Scotland, Five Years On - recoveryreview.blog
- 💰 [Baltimore, MD] 5 Baltimore-area counties spent 16.6% of opioid settlement allocations through June 2025 - baltimoresun.com
- 💊 [Manchester, NH] Hassan introduces bill meant to streamline addiction-related grant funding - vnews.com
- 💊 [National] Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model - wpri.com
- 🛡️ [National, International] “Take Responsibility”: Breaking the Silence on Abuse in Greek Drug Treatment - drogriporter.hu
- 🗑️ [National, CO] At-home drug disposal products can play an important role in keeping rural Coloradans safe - theconversation.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 🛟 Cally, I agree with you on one thing: harm reduction shouldn’t be the finish line, and I know it isn't. I spent decades addicted to drugs. Naloxone saved my life six times. My last two overdoses happened at a... - @guyfelicella on X
- 💬 Please to forgive minor correction, but there is no such ting as "former addict" there is temporarily clean, but addiction never truly goes away. - @bobwheeler on Bluesky
Innovation
- 🧪 If you ever find a baggie like this: -Cocaine smells like gasoline/herbs, often has small flakes, bright white -Ketamine has no pungent smell but has the worst bitter chemical flavor of all time, tan or yellowish... - @RachelZader on X
- 🚰 Out West, the first federal wastewater report found carfentanil in 17 of 28 sampled counties, while xylazine stayed comparatively rare. Different regions see different adulterants and require different test strips. - @BunkPolice on X
Opposition Views
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🏙 City Updates
📧 - [San José, CA] - September 20, 2026 - San José moves 1,800 people indoors and calls for expanded addiction treatment and behavioral health support
EXCERPT: "San José moved nearly 1,800 people indoors over the last 18 months and closed its last large tent encampments.
The city expanded shelter beds and outreach while advocating for state support to fund behavioral health and addiction treatment beds.
A new quarterly measurement approach will track progress beyond the PIT count to guide data-driven solutions.
The mayor emphasizes the need for stronger state and county tools to help people access mental health and addiction treatment when they are ready.
The city also highlights AB 1941 as a step toward stronger enforcement and information sharing to prevent theft and support public health goals."- 🏙️ - [Memphis, TN] - September 18, 2026 - Know Your Status Program Adds Overdose Prevention Supplies Delivered by Mail at No Cost - shelbytnhealth.com
📚 Academic Research
- 🧪 Adding Treatment‐Continuity Metrics to Opioid Toxicity Investigation: A Triangulation Hypothesis for Applied Toxicology - Journal of Applied Toxicology - 2026-09-18 - doi.org
- 🩺 Peer Support Workers to Improve Emergency Department Care Completion Among Patients Who Use Substances: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open - 2026-09-18 - doi.org
- 🚬 Safer smoking supply distribution as a harm reduction strategy for people who smoke drugs in New York State: A qualitative analysis of availability, utilization, and public health impact - 2026-09-20 - doi.org
- 🚑 A review of policy actions implemented during a toxic drug public health emergency in British Columbia, Canada (2016–2024) - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-09-19 - doi.org
- 🚨 Open-air drug markets and opioid-related overdose deaths - Health & Place - 2026-09-19 - doi.org
- 💊 Trends in opioid containing drug seizures described as pills between 2020 and 2024 in Canada - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-09-19 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
Federal Agencies
State Laws
💸 Funding
Current
- Deadline Approaching💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 2026
- Deadline Approaching🔬 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
- Deadline Approaching🔬 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 - Exploratory Clinical Neuroscience Research on Substance Use Disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional) - Deadline: Jun 16, 2028
- 🔬 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