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📰 News Media

• 🩺 [National] GLP-1s and Alcohol Use: What Clinicians Are Seeing in Practice - medscape.com
• 💰 [Hawaii] Money To Fight Opioids Poured Into Hawaiʻi. The Real Problem Was Meth - civilbeat.org
• 🌱 [National] Guest Editorial – The Nexus of Environment and Substance Use Disorder - asam.org
• 💊 [Michigan] [The Road Back: Insights on Medications for Opioid Recovery](/) - dailymat.substack.com
• 💊 [National] Private equity is buying up more methadone clinics – access to the lifesaving drug isn’t getting easier - theconversation.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🚑 Join us for a free, 1-hour Zoom webinar, Beyond Narcan: Paramedic Buprenorphine Administration, and learn how paramedics can ease withdrawal, lower the risk of future overdose, and open the door to recovery.... - @mimh_addisci on X
• 🏧 This study found strong interest in harm reduction vending machines among people who use drugs. Access to needed supplies, anonymity, and 24/7 availability point to their potential as a more accessible service... - @TheHPPJournal on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Never been a shortage of alternatives in BC to the illegal / illicit street supply, fully funded by taxpayers, for decades. May not be the exact “euphoric high” the addict wants, but more than sufficient to prevent... - @Cunnington50818 on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San Diego, CA] - October 29, 2026 - Urgent Drug Alert: Medetomidine in the San Diego County Drug Supply - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 📊 Saving Lives - Figshare - 2026-10-24 - doi.org
• 🩺 Evolving Epidemiology and the Expanding Imperative in Drug Use–Associated Endocarditis - Clinical Infectious Diseases - 2026-10-27 - doi.org
• 🚬 Digital Transformation of Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product Retail in the United Arab Emirates: An Exploratory Case Study of E-Commerce Adoption and Consumer Behavior - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2026-10-28 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

City Ordinances

• 💉 [Columbus, OH] Ordinance 2715-2026: ...CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funds for the purpose of granting to a local non-profit providing harm reduction services. ($15,000.00) - columbus.legistar.com

💸 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
• 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

📣 Activism

• 📣 National Alliance to End Homelessness - Urge Your Representative to Sign the Housing and Homelessness Programs Letter
• 📅 Shatterproof - Register for Shatterproof’s November 12 Kratom Policy and Treatment Webinar
• 🤝 Johnny’s Ambassadors - Join Johnny’s Ambassadors to educate the public about cannabis risks

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Newsletter Improvements

October 29, 2026 (#aa0f4e0) - Adding more sources. Fixing dates issues in news and funding sections. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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