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📰 News Media

• 💊 [Louisiana] Louisiana Urges More Oversight When Giving Opioid Funds Directly to Cops - filtermag.org
• 🌿 [Olathe; De Soto, KS] Authorities say these Olathe, De Soto businesses sold THC products to kids - kansascity.com
• 🚬 [National] Teen Vaping Has Long Been Falling. Why Do Schools Think the Opposite? - filtermag.org
• 🏛️ [National] Nordic Mobilization on Human Rights and Drug Policy: All Presentations on Video - drogriporter.hu

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 I was court-ordered to a year of residential substance use treatment as a teenager. My roommate from that program - Jessie - was the first friend I knew who died from an overdose. Today, I cannot count all the... - @brendanmlittle on LinkedIn

Innovation

• 📊 We use TOIS data to monitor, better understand & inform actions to address the ongoing drug toxicity epidemic in the #CityOfTO. Medetomidine, an animal tranquilizer, is increasingly present in the unregulated drug... - @TOPublicHealth on X
• 🧪 The Toronto Overdose Information System (TOIS) has been updated: (link) Toronto continues to be in a drug toxicity epidemic. TO’s Drug Checking Service reports ongoing contamination & unpredictability in the... - @TOPublicHealth on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 “woman was robbed and assaulted in her workplace. Another mother says drug smoke was blown into her infant’s face.” If an Overdose Prevention Site is put near your home, move. Take the loss. Harm “reduction” sites... - @RayBernoties on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 💊 Probation as a targeted entry point for scaling up opioid agonist therapies in Moldova using a modified screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment strategy - PLOS Global Public Health - 2026-05-27 - doi.org
• 🍺 Impacts of a Scattered-Site Managed Alcohol Program for People With Alcohol Use Disorder in Halifax, Nova Scotia: A Mixed-Methods Study - Substance Use &amp Addiction Journal - 2026-05-26 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

State Laws

• 📜 [Tennessee] Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the disposition allowed when a person under 21 is found to have unlawfully purchased, possessed, accepted receipt of, or presented fraudulent proof of age to purchase tobacco, smoking hemp, a vapor product, or a smokeless nicotine product to include requiring community service work, the successful completion of a prescribed court program, or placing the person on an informal adjustment for a period of 90 days for a first violation, and, for a second or subsequent violation, placing the person on probation for up to six months in addition to requiring community service and the successful completion of a prescribed court program focusing on the dangers of tobacco and vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15. - openstates.org
• 📜 [Iowa] A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. - openstates.org

City Ordinances

• 🏙️ [Denver, CO] Resolution 26-0694: ...Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment for the Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program for $910,238.00 with... - denver.legistar.com
• 🏙️ [Denver, CO] Resolution 26-0695: ...Denver who are increasingly impacted by opioid misuse and overdose. No change to contract capacity or term, citywide... - denver.legistar.com

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Current

• 💸 Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) - Deadline: Jun 8, 2026
• 💸 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis - Providers Clinical Support System – Substance Use Disorder Treatment (PCSS-SUD Treatment) - Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📅 Mobilize Recovery - RSVP for Mobilize Recovery 2026 virtual workshop tomorrow
• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for Mental Health Awareness Month

Update Notes

May 27, 2026 (#6734756) — Chasing three nines! Layering in additional checks to prevent curation from confusing between supportive vs oppositional posts. Targeting more accounts for the Innovation Social section. Starting the morning briefing a couple minutes later, avoiding congestion in Github Actions. I love feedback and requests – [email protected]

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