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📰 News Media

• 💰 [Washington, DC] Budget battle erupts in nation’s capital over opioid settlement money - sandiegouniontribune.com
• 🌿 [MN] What is 7-OH kratom — and why are healthcare providers worried about a possible ban? - minnpost.com
• 🌿 [Boston, MA] Mass. moves to crack down on sales of kratom, an addictive and unregulated substance - wbur.org
• 💊 [National] Two years after rules overhaul, have methadone clinics really changed? - statnews.com
• 🤰 [Boston, MA] Without strict reporting requirements, fewer babies are reported to DCF after positive drug screen - wbur.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 As a non sober sober person (I believe sobriety is impossible we can only improve as we do our best to cope with this shit gestures to society) why doesn't weed hit the same way every time. And also as a former... - @fejimanz on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🤖 We built an AI pipeline that analyzes patient visit notes and intake forms in real time. The kratom signal was the proof of concept. 10% to 35% of new addiction patients in twelve months. We could see it happening... - @ryanlissack on X
• 📊 @Super_Powers_AI Hey Super, build a substance risk and age-of-initiation trajectory explorer that visualizes epidemiological cohort dynamics based on substance use statistics. (link) The tool enables users to... - @RohanArun on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Yet, they refuse to reform Housing First despite the mounting evidence that it is ineffective for people struggling with drug addiction. - @Twolfrecovery on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Las Vegas, NV] - August 13, 2026 - Mayor Shelley Berkley To Attend First Graduation Of New Community Court Program Focused On Helping Unhoused Individuals Get Off The Street - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🩺 Understanding barriers to healthcare and harm reduction services among women who inject drugs in Nigeria: A qualitative assessment - PLOS Global Public Health - 2026-08-13 - doi.org
• 🧪 The Thrills and Spills of GHB: Patterns and Negative Events Connected with Use in a Large Community Sample - Substance Use & Misuse - 2026-08-11 - doi.org
• 🧠 Improving Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Therapy: Community Perspectives from Individuals Who Use Recreationally and for Mental Health Purposes - Journal of Psychoactive Drugs - 2026-08-12 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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Current

• Deadline Approaching · 🚑 Office of National Drug Control Policy - Nonfatal Overdoses in Emergency Departments: Bridging Patient Characteristics, Biospecimen Toxicology, and Drug Supply Composition - Deadline: Aug 31, 2026
• 🔬 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

📣 Activism

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Newsletter Improvements

August 12, 2026 (#9b45c25) - Better collecting headline for manual submissions. Fixing logging. Replacing dead feeds. Slight copy change. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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