Featuring content from daily briefings generated August 7, 2026 through August 10, 2026.

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📰 News Media (Click for more)

• 💊 [Washington, DC] DC faces criticism over plan to use opioid settlement money to help fund Medicaid costs - wtop.com
• 🏥 [National, Ontario] Ontario's big-city mayors to endorse mandatory addiction care, ramping up pressure on Ford government - qpbriefing.com
• 🧠 [Baltimore, MD] Profs and Pints: Psychedelics' emerging role in therapy - baltimoresun.com
• 🎛️ [National] Shambhala music festival drugs ketamine ecstasy - nytimes.com
• 💊 [National] US sees a big jump in nausea cases among frequent marijuana users in the hospital - wmur.com

🗣️ Social Pulse (Click for more)

Lived/Living Experience

• 🛟 I rarely talk about this, but I used to be addicted to meth. It wasn't a moral failing, it was me being at the wrong party at the wrong time. A really hot guy encouraged me to use with him and I was instantly... - @nommo333 on X

Innovation

• 🧴 "In late April, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration banned the use of federal grants for distributing strips to the public and for some other harm reduction practices that have been... - @servelan on Bluesky
• 🧪 SAMHSA banned federal funds for fentanyl test strips—our cheapest overdose prevention tool. Baltimore OD deaths dropped 40% using these. Now programs choose between strips and wound care. We're going backwards.... - @lifejourneyblog on X

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Legalization sounds great, tax revenue; fewer arrests, safer use; but the real-world results of the last 30 years don’t match the pitch. That “revenue” gets eaten up by higher healthcare and addiction costs. Use... - @SupportAALM on X

🏙 City Updates

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📚 Academic Research (Click for more)

• 🏥 Correlates of Post-Release Overdose Among Women With Opioid Use Disorder Returning to the Community Following Jail Incarceration - Substance Use &amp Addiction Journal - 2026-08-07 - doi.org
• 🧠 Identifying naloxone knowledge gaps on Reddit among laypersons and healthcare providers using AI - BMC Public Health - 2026-08-06 - doi.org
• 🏚️ Study: Remediating abandoned houses reduces fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses - Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly - 2026-08-10 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

City Ordinances

• 💉 [Nashville, TN] Resolution RS2026-2163: ...to Dismas, Inc., to operate the Dismas House and Harm Reduction Initiative to focus on expanding linkage to... - nashville.legistar.com

💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 🩺 Centers for Disease Control-GHC - Improving regional capacity to respond to HIV, TB, and other global health priorities in Central America - Deadline: Aug 31, 2026
• 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
• 🔬 National Institutes of Health - Limited Competition: Growing Great Ideas: Research Education Course in Entrepreneurship and Product Development for Researchers Studying Drug Use, Drug Misuse, and Drug Addiction (UE5 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
• NEW · 🧠 Elevance Health Foundation - Behavioral Health (Grant Applications) - Grant ranges are open; funding levels determined based on factors including need and the plan presented. Generally, grants last from one to three years. - Deadline: Jan 31, 2027

📣 Activism

• 💜 Shatterproof - Donate to Shatterproof for Overdose Awareness Month

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