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📰 News Media

• 💊 [Austin, TX] Austin EMS urges people to carry more Narcan as overdoses grow harder to reverse - statesman.com
• 🏥 [Dearborn, Michigan] Arab American nonprofit to open new mental health center in Dearborn - detroitnews.com
• ⚖️ [Phoenix, AZ] Arizona AG sues energy drink maker over undisclosed use of kratom, kava - tucson.com
• 🧪 [National] More than one in three illicit drug samples contain unexpected substances, testing finds - medicalxpress.com
• 🏥 [National] DOL Urges Businesses to Prepare for Workplace Opioid Overdoses - news.bgov.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Lived/Living Experience

• 💬 i'm a former alcoholic, and this was approved for my heart and is better for me then 2 handles of gin a week is how the cardiologists see it. I do exclusively green mang-da. - @redpandachris on Bluesky

Innovation

• 📊 Maryland is proving that what we’re doing to reduce overdose deaths is working. The Commonwealth Fund highlighted key parts of our approach: expanding naloxone access, using near real-time data to track the drug... - @LtGovMiller on X
• 🩺 Super cool device! A wearable patch with acoustic delivery and AI respiratory sensing (is there something not AI nowadays?) reversed fentanyl overdose in mice faster than standard naloxone injection. It's unclear to... - @brainaddiction on X

Opposition Views

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🏙 City Updates

• 📧 - [San José, CA] - September 7, 2026 - A Message from Mayor Matt - view newsletter online for more info

📚 Academic Research

• 🩺 Telemedicine-based buprenorphine initiation and maintenance in rural jails: a retrospective observational study - Health & Justice - 2026-09-24 - doi.org
• 🚬 Public health impact of disposable electronic cigarettes since 2021: a scoping review - Frontiers in Public Health - 2026-09-21 - doi.org
• 🤝 Community-driven design and pilot study of a peer recovery support program for outpatient substance use treatment - Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy - 2026-09-24 - doi.org

⚖️ Law & Policy

• No hits in Law and Policy today.

💸 Funding (Click to expand)

Current

• Deadline Approaching · 💉 AIDS United - Harm Reduction Futures Fund - Harm Reduction Futures Fund (Round 17) - Direct service organizations: $10,000 to $25,000 for one year. Multi-program support organizations: $25,000 to $40,000 for one year. - Deadline: Sep 25, 2026
• Deadline Approaching · 🔬 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

• 📣 National Harm Reduction Coalition - Contact officials to stop House HIV funding cuts

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NDEWS Special Reports

Review biweekly alerts showing unusual changes in suspected drug-related EMS encounters across participating U.S. states, including reports on emerging substances and regional overdose patterns.

Newsletter Improvements

September 13, 2026 (#5c603ea) - Testing navigation arrows. I love feedback and requests - [email protected]

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