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📰 News Media

• 🚑 [Timmins, Ontario] Timmins paramedics combat opioid poisonings with outreach - ctvnews.ca
• 💊 [National] Only 3% of Young Medicaid Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Stayed on Treatment Medication for Six Months - inkl.com
• ⚖️ [Connecticut] Kratom, 7-OH laws diverge amid the spread of potent synthetic products - ctmirror.org
• 💊 [National] tuttiquotidiani.it › en › newsThe deadly drugs causing warnings at Cornell and other colleges - tuttiquotidiani.it
• 💊 [National] What Is Smoking Blues? The Extreme Danger of Fentanyl - biologyinsights.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🤖 OverdoseMoE: A Multi-Expert Framework for Opioid Overdose Risk Prediction Mingchen Li, Rohan Pandey, Junhui Qian, Feiyun Ouyang, Sunjae Kwon, Avijit Mitra, Zonghai Yao, Hong Yu (link) [𝚌𝚜.𝙲𝙻] - @HEI on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 🇨🇦Prince George, Canada - “Harm Reduction.” That was the lofty, liberal goal that led to legalizing drug use. Everything is inverted in the liberal dystopia. Even the birds fall from the sky. 💉🐦‍⬛ - @mspistolicious on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San Jose, CA] - October 4, 2026 - A Message from Mayor Matt - newsletter

  EXCERPT: "- Recovery housing policy AB 1556 now allows limited state dollars to fund sober-living environments to support recovery and homelessness solutions.
  - Copper wire theft has been addressed with streetlight repairs and targeted enforcement, and AB 1941 would give law enforcement stronger tools to curb organized theft.
  - The City of San Jose launched a six-month Community Paramedicine pilot to proactively connect high utilizers with care, including behavioral health and substance-use services.
  - The administration is increasing 911 to 988 transfers to connect people with appropriate response options and supporting CARE Court to mandate involuntary treatment when appropriate.
  - Diridon Station CEQA exemption is being pursued to accelerate infrastructure investments that support transit and housing development in our region."
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📚 Academic Research

• 🏥 Implementation of the Trigger Checklist and assertive outreach to reduce drug-related harm in the Emergency Department: A realist evaluation - PLOS One - 2026-10-05 - doi.org
• 🤝 Harm reduction for chemsex/sexualised drug use: a qualitative evaluation of London’s Sex, Drugs, and Care for All peer mobiliser programme - Harm Reduction Journal - 2026-10-05 - doi.org
• 💊 Pharmacy administration and dispensing of methadone for opioid use disorder: a survey of U.S. pharmacists - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-10-05 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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

📣 Activism

• 📨 Students for Sensible Drug Policy - Contact Congress to protect independent scientific research funding
• 🗓️ National Harm Reduction Coalition - Register for NHRC’s Centering Care Conference in New York City
• 📣 Operation Understanding - Contact Elected Officials to Expand Treatment, Overdose Prevention, and Recovery Resources