Featuring content from daily briefings generated October 13, 2026 through October 15, 2026.
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📰 News Media
- ⚠️ [Austin, TX] Austin police warn about dangerous, unregulated opioid products sold at smoke shops - yahoo.com
- ⚖️ [Pennsylvania] High court rejects challenge to how Pa. treats users accused of supplying drugs in fatal overdoses - ca.news.yahoo.com
- ⚖️ Human Rights and Harm Reduction 2.0: Beyond HIV and the Evidentiary Double Standard in Drug Policy - hhrjournal.org
- 🧪 [National] NIST Study Shows How the Toxic Substances Mixed Into Fentanyl Vary Across the U.S. and Change Over Time - nist.gov
- 💊 [Louisiana] Attorney General Jeff Landry announces plan to combat opioid abuse - wbrz.com
- 🌿 [Baltimore, MD] Baltimore officials pledge zero tolerance for illegal cannabis sales - baltimoresun.com
- 💊 [National] CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice ... - pbs.org
- 🌿 [Victoria] Rise in cannabis-related psychosis hospitalizations sparks concern in Victoria - medicalxpress.com
- ⚖️ [National] US is proposing new restrictions on concentrated kratom-linked opioids - baltimoresun.com
- 💰 [Michigan] Here's where millions in opioid settlement funds are headed in Michigan - detroitnews.com
🗣️ Social Pulse
Lived/Living Experience
- 💬 I’m a former heroin addict whose addiction landed me dead several times and in prison once. And I give everyone permission to recognize that people who criticize this analogy are concern trolling and can be ignored - @talesfrompurgatory on Bluesky
- 🗣️ To be honest, I'm an ex-heroin addict - I don't think a former addiction should be an automatic disqualifier. What should be a disqualifier is not having a shred of medical training, not having a clue about public... - @kellieturner on Bluesky
Innovation
- 📱 For adults initiating #Buprenorphine during hospitalization, a patient navigation and #mHealth incentive intervention was feasible to deliver and highly rated, with similar outpatient linkage as usual care in this... - @JAMANetworkOpen on X
- 🧪 The Transparency Triple Check: 1️⃣ Screen with strips (fentanyl, xylazine, nitazene) 2️⃣ Use multiple reagents to see if your sample reacts as expected 3️⃣ Compare with lab-verified videos in the Transparency Harm... - @BunkPolice on X
Opposition Views
- 🚫 These figures are from Dr. Kevin Sabet’s presentation that clearly showed the focus on only one pillar Harm Reduction, not the other three: treatment, prevention or enforcement, that voters were promised years ago. - @homesnotbanks on X
- 🚫 Seattle's downtown public library faces similar concerns over homelessness, open drug use, unsanitary conditions, innapproriate behavior, and the distribution of free “harm reduction” supplies. @choeshow and... - @DiscoveryCWP on X
🏙 City Updates
- No recent City Updates found.
📚 Academic Research
- 📱 Patient Navigation Plus mHealth Incentives for Linkage to OUD Care for Adults Who Also Use Methamphetamines - JAMA Network Open - 2026-10-13 - doi.org
- 🚑 Responding to the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis With a Tri-Government Incident Command Structure in Portland, Oregon, 2024. - PubMed - 2026-10-13 - doi.org
- 🌍 Substance use, related harms and public health responses in Colombia: A national profile - Addiction - 2026-10-13 - doi.org
- 🚬 EU Public Consultation - Tobacco products and Advertising public call for evidence 2026 - Short-form submissions - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-10-09 - doi.org
- 🩺 HCV incidence and prevalence trends among people who use drugs in France 2004 to 2023 - Nature Communications - 2026-10-11 - doi.org
- 🛟 Understanding Connectedness: Patterns of safety, belonging, and community among clients utilizing publicly recognized overdose prevention centers in the United States - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-10-12 - doi.org
⚖️ Law & Policy
City Ordinances
💸 Funding
Current
- Deadline Approaching🛠️ Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) - Deadline: Nov 2, 2026
- 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
- 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
- 🔬 National Institutes of Health - HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR): Research Centers (RM1 Clinical Trial Required) - Deadline: Jan 26, 2027
- 🔬 National Institutes of Health - HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center (U2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Jan 26, 2027
- 🔬 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.
- 💊 Bloomberg Philanthropies (Overdose Prevention Initiative) - Bloomberg Overdose Prevention Initiative (State partnerships) - Five-year reinvestment of $120 million (investment includes hard-hit states and continues support for Michigan and Pennsylvania); total commitment to the initiative of $170 million over eight years. - Deadline: rolling
📣 Activism
- No activism updates found.