Featuring content from daily briefings generated September 22, 2026 through September 24, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- 💊 [Greenville, SC] Hayden Panettiere's death highlights risk of overdose death after stopping and resuming drug use - lasvegassun.com
- 💊 [National, Colorado] Issue groups start spending big on attempts to change Colorado laws through the ballot - denverpost.com
- 🌿 [National, Mississippi] Officials Investigating Mississippi Student Deaths Issue Warning About Kratom - nytimes.com
- 🚔 [Fort Worth, TX] Tarrant medical examiner rules two jail deaths due to drug overdoses - star-telegram.com
- 🌿 [Oxford, MS] The ‘really sinister’ legal supplement found at death scenes of two Ole Miss students - nypost.com
- 🧪 [National] China expands export control on drug precursors ahead of Trump-Xi meeting - baltimoresun.com
- 🩺 [White River Junction, NH] HIV/HCV Resource Center hosts first community syringe cleanup day Friday - vnews.com
- 💊 [Greenville, SC] Hayden Panettiere died from an overdose involving fentanyl. She had just gone to rehab, coroner says - mercurynews.com
- 🌿 [National] Kratom cases climb sharply across the US - medicalxpress.com
- 🏥 [National] ‘It’s Very, Very Complex’: Navigating the Maze of Addiction Treatment De Novo Expansion - bhbusiness.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 🛟 The Peacocks have never made an attempt to be inclusive to all. Nor do I expect them to. Why didn't they think to SLOW THE FLOW of fetty on our streets? Those who have LIVED EXPERIENCE in addiction and homelessness... - @ccrexpdx on Bluesky
- 💬 I don’t blame people for getting addicted to anything, as a former drug addict and current smoker. - @nicolascgrey on Bluesky
Innovation
- 🏠 Not all recovery housing supports residents on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD/MAT), even though both are life-saving. To understand what gets in the way, The ASPIRE Lab within the Addiction Science Team... - @mimh_addisci on X
- 🧪 Scotland’s first local drug-checking service will open in Glasgow in October 2026, allowing people to submit drugs for rapid analysis and receive harm-reduction advice alongside the results #ukpharmacy #addiction... - @pharmaj on Bluesky
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 🩺 Evaluating Filled Buprenorphine Prescriptions Following a Short-Duration Telementoring Program in Three Nevada Medicaid Managed Care Organizations - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-09-22 - doi.org
- 🩺 HCV knowledge deficits are independently associated with HCV-positive status among people who use drugs in Indiana: implications for micro-elimination - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-09-20 - doi.org
- 🧪 The 5 Senses Framework—People Who Use Drugs Were and Are the First Drug Checkers - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-09-23 - doi.org
- 💉 A framework to determine naloxone saturation with simulation modeling and cost‐effectiveness methods - Addiction - 2026-09-22 - doi.org
- 💉 Predictors of Naloxone Carriage Among People Who Use Opioids in Maine - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-09-20 - doi.org
- 🏥 Supporting GBV Survivors with Complex Harm Reduction and Mental Health Needs: The Community Crisis/Outreach Response (CCOR) Model’s Viability - Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work - 2026-09-22 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
City Ordinances
- 💊 [Jacksonville, FL] Ordinance 2026-0510-E: ORD re Opioid & Substance Use Disorder Settlement Proceeds Grants; Approp $5,279,951 from the Opioid Settlement Fund Contingency... - jaxcityc.legistar.com
- 🏙️ [Milwaukee, WI] Substitute resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s State Legislative Package to express the City’s opposition to the marketing of nicotine pouches to youth. - milwaukee.legistar.com
- 🏙️ [Cleveland, OH] Emergency Ordinance 909-2026: ...grant from Ohio Department of Health for the Local Tobacco Prevention and Control grant; and to enter into... - cityofcleveland.legistar.com
💸 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
- NEW🛠️ Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) - Deadline: Nov 2, 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
Future
📣 Activism
- No activism updates found.