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📰 News Media

• 🧪 [Londonderry, New Hampshire] New DEA lab in Londonderry to speed up drug prosecutions | CloseUp - wmur.com
• 🌿 [Boston, MA] A ballot question could get rid of recreational weed in Mass. These cannabis consumers say it wouldn’t stop them. - bostonglobe.com
• 📰 [National] Q&A: Short animation changes how people see addiction - medicalxpress.com
• ⚖️ [Casco, ME] Founder of Casco’s Pachamama Sanctuary details lawsuit over ayahuasca - pressherald.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I'm an alcoholic & an addict & I don't mind the word "drunks". I refer to myself as a "former drunk". She didn't call out fascism because she was too busy making life better for people who really needed it. Anyone... - @silverapplequeen1 on Bluesky

Innovation

• 🧪 ✅️ Remember the Transparency Triple Check for confident at-home testing: Screen for adulterants with test strips, identify your substance with multiple reagents, and verify your results with the Transparency Harm... - @BunkPolice on X
• 🩺 In 2025, Check It became a state-authorized Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Program and began distributing syringes and other supplies to protect people who use drugs against HIV, hepatitis C, and... - @globalhealthnow on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 He controlled the border which made supply slightly harder, changed the focus from harm reduction to recovery. Harm reduction just provided incentives for drug use. Ended housing first which further supported drug... - @ResponderSF on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 💧 Eight years of nationwide routine wastewater surveillance in New Zealand: Demonstrating its complementary role in public health policy - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-08-29 - doi.org
• 🏥 Framework for the Opioid Use Disorder Cascade of Care: Adaptation and Application for a Large Municipal Health System - Public Health Reports - 2026-08-30 - doi.org
• 📱 Smartphone‐Delivered MBRP and Quality of Life among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: A Pilot Before–After Study - Health Science Reports - 2026-08-26 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

Federal Agencies

• ⚖️ [United States] [Comment Request] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Potential Tobacco Product Violations Reporting Form - federalregister.gov

💸 Funding (Click to expand)

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
• 💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 2026

📣 Activism

• 💬 Mobilize Recovery - Sign up for Ryan Hampton’s live Reddit addiction AMA
• 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV funding cuts
• 🚶 Shatterproof - Register for the 2026 Shatterproof Walk to End Addiction

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Featured Resource

Drugs and Me

Drugs and Me offers accessible education about substances, interactions, dosing, tolerance, experiences, and risks.

Newsletter Improvements

August 30, 2026 (#3217ac5) - Improving diagnostics. Adding code to better filter out duplicate news in the Social Media innovation section--hopefully feels fresher. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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