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📰 News Media

• 💉 [Lewiston, ME] Lewiston voters approve limits to syringe service programs - mainepublic.org
• 💰 [New Jersey] Advocates push state to hold public hearing on opioid settlement spending - newjerseymonitor.com
• 💊 [Estonia] Can Europe Keep Up With the Next Wave of Synthetic Opioids? - medscape.com
• ⚖️ [Colorado] Gov.-elect Weiser says fentanyl, trans-related ballot measures will need ‘a long, hard look’ before implementation - denverpost.com
• 💊 [National] Chronic illness linked to higher prescription drug misuse - medicalxpress.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🧪 This Thursday, we are drug checking in #Ealing How does it work? 1. Surrender a substance 2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use 3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids 4. After ~1 hour,... - @WeAreTheLoopUK on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Excerpt from 'Hey Bob, We Need Your Help!' "Current public policy supports programs like “Housing First” and ‘Harm Reduction”. These approaches allow addicts to use drugs with the hope that —when the addict is... - @ChangeWash on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 💉 Epidemiology of Preventable Health Harms among People Who Inject Drugs: Bacterial and Fungal Infections, Overdose, and Harm Reduction Responses - UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney) - 2026-10-31 - doi.org
• 🚐 Mobile Units for Integrated Addiction and HIV Prevention Services for People Who Inject Drugs - JAMA Psychiatry - 2026-11-04 - doi.org
• 🌡️ How climate change already impacts people who use alcohol and other drugs: Australian service staff perspectives - International Journal of Drug Policy - 2026-11-03 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• Deadline Approaching · 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
• Deadline Approaching · 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026

Future

• 🧠 Elevance Health Foundation - Behavioral Health - Our grant ranges are open; we determine funding levels based on several factors, including the need and the plan presented to address it. - Expected: Jan 1, 2027
• 🌱 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Centering Compassion to Create Community and Government Systems that Promote Wellbeing for All - Expected: Jan 13, 2027

📣 Activism

• 💻 Mobilize Recovery - Register for Operation Understanding’s December 9 Virtual Recovery Gathering
• 🕯️ New York City AIDS Memorial - Sign up to participate in the World AIDS Day Reading in Times Square
• 🤝 Johnny’s Ambassadors - Join Johnny’s Ambassadors to support cannabis education and policy advocacy

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Philadelphia Medetomidine Response Guidance

Philadelphia's evolving guidance about medetomidine covers breathing-first overdose response, severe withdrawal warning signs, early treatment, monitoring, and transfer criteria.

Newsletter Improvements

November 5, 2026 (#9f72731) - Adding another News source. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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