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📰 News Media

• 💊 [National] DEA makes kratom-related compounds Schedule I substances on an emergency basis - cnn.com
• 💉 [Raytown, MO] Vending machine brings free Narcan, health supplies to Raytown. How it works - kansascity.com
• 💉 [Burlington, VT] Advocates mark Overdose Awareness Day as Burlington OPC center’s timeline remains unclear - wcax.com
• 🩺 [MN] Changes to Medicaid are coming. Are users ready? - minnpost.com
• 🧯 [NY] Expand Narcan access, save N.Y.ers’ lives - nydailynews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

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Innovation

• 🚑 Check out our recent article, "Preparing Emergency Medical Services for Prehospital Buprenorphine: Examining a Train-the-Trainer Approach to Strengthening the Overdose Chain of Survival," about our statewide pilot... - @mimh_addisci on X
• 📡 Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. Working closely with their partners overdose biosurveillance programs provide valuable data that can inform overdose prevention and harm reduction action at the local,... - @aphl on Bluesky

Opposition Views

• 🚫 Insane cope. They are protecting disordered drug addicts at the expense of normal people and families. Large parts of the population have bought into the idea that stigmatizing and criminalizing this behavior is... - @NotAlcasan on X

🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [Minneapolis, MN] - August 31, 2026 - August Public Health Matters: Overdose Awareness Day and Back-to-School Resources - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🧪 Responding to medetomidine in Philadelphia: narrative summary of the public health response to a new psychoactive substance - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2026-08-31 - doi.org
• 🏥 Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) 1.0: Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) Hub, Client Data, 2021-2025 - ICPSR Data Holdings - 2026-08-31 - doi.org
• 🩸 Five Years of HCV Dried Blood Spot Testing in At‐Risk Populations and the Impact of Reduced Sensitivity on Missed Diagnoses - Liver International - 2026-08-28 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

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💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• 💊 Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program - Deadline: Sep 24, 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

📣 Activism

• 📝 Faces & Voices of Recovery - Register for the 25th Anniversary Recovery Leadership Summit
• 📣 Mobilize Recovery - Contact elected officials to support recovery and overdose prevention policies
• 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV funding cuts

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Newsletter Improvements

August 30, 2026 (#3217ac5) - Improving diagnostics. Adding code to better filter out duplicate news in the Social Media innovation section--hopefully feels fresher. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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