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📰 News Media

• 📊 [National] Causes of the recent rise & decline in US overdose deaths - opioiddata.org
• ⚖️ [Louisiana] Louisiana Department of Health issues emergency rule adding three substances commonly found in kratom - wbrz.com
• 💊 [European Union] EMA Expands Access to Opioid Overdose Treatment - medscape.com
• 🗳️ [Vermont] Campaign Countdown: Scott, Janoo offer contrasting approaches to addiction, homelessness - wcax.com
• 🔬 [National] Hunger may play a role in alcohol addiction, new study finds - medicalxpress.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🤖 Welcome @curertech, which builds a cloud-based EMR and clinic management system for addiction treatment and opioid programs, with AI-assisted documentation and clinical decision support. (link) - @agentcommunity_ on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Yeah they’re not always the ones wearing all black 🥷 😷 They should look into everyone at the non-profits pushing for less enforcement of drugs and giving them needles, foil, and bubbles to use drugs as “harm reduction” - @rdlickman on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research

• 💊 The role of neighborhood stressors in methadone treatment engagement: an explorative qualitative study - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-10-20 - doi.org
• 📊 The Opioid Crisis in the News 2019–2026: article-level dataset and coverage tables - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-10-18 - doi.org
• 💉 Chasing life, chased by time: Temporal barriers and reprehensible work among people who inject drugs in Sweden - Time & Society - 2026-10-14 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

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

📣 Activism

• 📣 Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign - Bring a Housing Not Handcuffs sign to a No Kings Day rally
• 🏠 National Alliance to End Homelessness - Sign up for state advocacy in the November 18 Keep People Home Day of Action
• 🤝 Bicycle Health - Refer someone to Bicycle Health for virtual opioid addiction treatment

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