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📰 News Media

• 🚨 [Timmins, Ontario] 'Worrying rise in opioid poisonings' reported by health unit - timminstoday.com
• 💊 August – September 2026 Counterfeit Drug News Roundup - truemedinc.com
• 💊 [National] Methadone saves lives. Why does the system make it hard ... - reason.org
• 🩺 [Punjab] Punjab's new de-addiction plan shifts focus to mental health, long-term recovery - indiatoday.in

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 I was on The Manscape podcast today to discuss my active addiction, recovery and mental health journey. Full episode on YouTube #wedorecover #recoveryispossible #mentalhealthmatters youtu.be/fXhBfA6Mxvk - @trevb on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🛟 Recently, Greg Boal, EMT-P, MPA and Morgan Farnworth, PhD, MPA from our UMSL-MIMH Addiction Science team presenting about our #OverdoseChainOfSurvival model at the #MBHC26 conference. Borrowed from the Cardiac Chain... - @mimh_addisci on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 The leftist has been given their chance… They push the harm reduction and housing first philosophy… I was taught those philosophies 15 years ago when I entered social services… 15 years later we have a bigger... - @gershando on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 🚑 Opioid Overdose in Wilderness and Prolonged-Field-Care Settings - Wilderness Medicine Desk Reference Companion Field Guide - 2026-09-29 - doi.org
• 🛡️ Take-home naloxone in secure settings: a clinical audit of uptake, practice gaps and service improvement - Journal of Substance Use - 2026-09-29 - doi.org
• 🚭 Tobacco and Alcohol Policy Changes: Concurrent Smoking and High-Risk Drinking in Korea (2015-2025) - Journal of the Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 2026-09-30 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 Funding Click to expand

Current

• 🛠️ 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 - Health - Hearst Foundations Health Grants - Minimum grant size is $100,000; consult the Grant Recipients Database for recent awards to comparable organizations. - Deadline: Year-round rolling application; there are no deadlines.
• 🤝 Hearst Foundations - Social Service - Hearst Foundations Social Service Grants - Minimum grant size is $100,000; consult the Grant Recipients Database for amounts awarded to comparable organizations. - Deadline: Year-round rolling application; there are no deadlines.

📣 Activism

• 🎟️ Faces & Voices of Recovery - Register for the Virtual Recovery Leadership Summit, October 6–8, 2026
• 📝 Students for Sensible Drug Policy - Submit a public comment opposing DEA scheduling of five research tryptamines
• 🗓️ National Harm Reduction Coalition - Register for NHRC’s Centering Care Conference in New York City