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📰 News Media

• ⚠️ [National] Potent ‘Orphine' Opioids Surge in US Illicit Drug Supply - medscape.com
• ⚖️ [National] What to know about 7-OH, MGPI, the synthetic kratom extracts known as 'gas station opioid' - thehill.com
• 🧹 [Biddeford, ME] Biddeford looks to mitigate rising complaints of needle waste, public encampments - pressherald.com
• 💰 [Washington Township, NJ] Washington Township spent opioid settlement funds on license plate cams, police SUVs, according to NJ.com investigation - inquirer.com
• 🏠 Dry, damp, wet - recoveryreview.blog

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 The way was prepared by other addicts who made this journey before me, and they were all willing to turn around and support the person behind them. So today, I do this for others. I have dedicated my adult life and... - @krakheadsplats on Bluesky

Innovation

• 💊 We are honored to share that PBS News featured Quel's Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Steven Klein MD, PhD, FASAM, FAAP, FACMG and his work leveraging GLP-1s off-label for addiction as part of their multi-day... - @quel-health on LinkedIn
• 📊 Your pizza has a tracker. Federal #overdose policy deserves one, too. Our new tracker brings federal actions, deadlines and implications for treatment, harm reduction and funding into one place. Download the tracker... - @ActionForOD on X

Opposition Views

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🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Philadelphia, PA] - October 9, 2026 - PDPH Update: New ICD-10-CM codes for documenting medetomidine toxicity available - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🤝 A sustainable profession: a qualitative exploration of peer experiences and the value of lived experience among the peer support workforce - Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy - 2026-10-07 - doi.org
• 🩺 Hepatitis C self-testing for people who inject drugs in South Africa and beyond: a catalytic innovation or red herring? - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-10-07 - doi.org
• 💊 Implementation of Buprenorphine After X-Waiver Elimination: A Health System Review of Rural North Carolina - American Journal of Undergraduate Research - 2026-10-08 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🛠️ Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) - Deadline: Nov 2, 2026
• NEW · 🧒 Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use - Deadline: Nov 16, 2026

📣 Activism

• 📝 National Alliance to End Homelessness - Submit a Public Comment to HUD Opposing Its Homelessness Funding Strategies
• 📣 Operation Understanding - Contact Elected Officials to Expand Treatment, Overdose Prevention, and Recovery Resources

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Newsletter Improvements

October 9, 2026 (#a847640) - Updating publishers. Making city ordinance and Congress sections more consistent. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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