Featuring content from daily briefings generated September 29, 2026 through October 1, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- ⚖️ [Vancouver, British Columbia] Charges Dropped Against The Drug User Liberation Front - talkingdrugs.org
- 💉 [National, International] Heroin to Save Lives: Inside HABIB, Bergen’s Heroin-Assisted Treatment Program - drogriporter.hu
- 🌿 [National, Florida] Northwest Florida sheriffs issue warning over kratom use after nine deaths - baltimoresun.com
- 🏥 [Rancho Mirage, CA] Pipeline: Hazelden Betty Ford’s $40M Campus Upgrade; Addiction Treatment Services Expand in Multiple States - bhbusiness.com
- 💊 [Oxford, Mississippi] Vape store clerk near Ole Miss campus warned buyer 'people were dying' from kratom pills, affidavit says - foxnews.com
- 🧪 [National, Virginia] Hard-to-detect synthetic opioids evade fentanyl test strips, toxicologist warns - wtop.com
- 🌿 [Dallas, TX] How is the Texas THC ban affecting users? Results are mixed, Dallas doctor says - dallasobserver.com
- 🛰️ [National] How the Pentagon Is Escalating Trump’s Drug War in Latin America - wsj.com
- 🌿 [National] Kratom and 7-OH should be regulated, experts agree. They’re split on how - statnews.com
- 🍄 [Baltimore, MD] Sheppard Pratt study: Psilocybin may ease suicidal thoughts - baltimoresun.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
Innovation
- 🧪 Drug checking is now permanent at up to 15 NSW festivals a year, but possession is still illegal. What police can and can't do at the gate, and what's still on appeal after Meredith: - @koffels on Bluesky
- 🤖 Right question. Naloxone reverses the overdose; it doesn't touch what caused it. Machines save a life at 2am — recovery depends on what's available at 9am. Vending machines plus on-demand treatment access is the... - @lifejourneyblog on X
Opposition Views
🏙 City Updates
📚 Academic Research
- 🔬 Detecting Compositions of Unregulated Substances: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Drug-Checking Technologies - Canadian Journal of Health Technologies - 2026-09-29 - doi.org
- 💉 The implementation of take-home naloxone in Germany. An interview study with professionals who offer overdose education and naloxone distribution - Health Policy - 2026-10-01 - doi.org
- 💊 “I Just Knew That I Needed Help”: Primarily Latine Adolescents and Young Adults Speak About Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Fentanyl Era - Substance Use & Addiction Journal - 2026-09-29 - doi.org
- 💉 Deaths not in vain-- A retrospective analysis of New York City overdose mortality to inform future overdose prevention strategies that address polysubstance use and drug use along the life course - CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) - 2026-09-30 - academicworks.cuny.edu
- 🧪 Drug Checking as Market Surveillance - 2026-09-28 - doi.org
- 🩺 Modifiable Factors Associated With Substance Use Disorder Screening by Nurses: A Cross‐Sectional Survey - Journal of Clinical Nursing - 2026-09-24 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
State Laws
💸 Funding
Current
- 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
- 🛠️ 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
📣 Activism
- 📝 Students for Sensible Drug Policy - Submit public comments to the FDA on psychedelic policy
- 📣 AIDS United - Contact officials to stop House HIV budget cuts
- Submit a public comment to the DEA on tryptamine scheduling