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New today! Our free U.S. Federal Advocacy Action Guide.
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Naloxone saves lives only if people can get it in time. Georgia’s new statewide naloxone map lists 121 access points, including 40 with 24-hour access, and Atlanta now has a 24/7 naloxone kiosk.
This is what low-barrier access looks like.
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New SAMHSA funding opportunities put $40M toward prevention, behavioral health workforce, peer-led supports, Tribal youth substance use prevention and SBIRT.
Communities need resources before crisis, not just after it. Funding prevention is overdose prevention.
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🆕 $40M in funding opportunities for eight grant programs that will advance the Great American Recovery Initiative by preventing addiction, strengthening the behavioral health workforce, and supporting efforts to address mental illness & prevent suicide: samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-an…
ALT A person is using a laptop displaying the SAMHSA grants webpage. Text on the image reads: "Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs). Learn more and apply at samhda.gov/grants." SAMHSA logo is visible.
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Overdose deaths in the US fell 15% last year. That came from more than a decade of federal investment in prevention, treatment and recovery. #OverdoseCrisis
Full Analysis: advocacyincubator.org/news/2…
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The @ActionforOD team read both documents side by side and mapped where they pull apart, program by program.
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The analysis shows which programs are at risk and what each cut would mean for the people who rely on the funding. If you work in this space, it is worth knowing what is being proposed: advocacyincubator.org/news/2…
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If you're struggling with a substance use disorder, have an open conversation with your doctor about FDA-approved medications. FDA-approved medications such as buprenorphine and methadone are life-saving tools in treating opioid use disorder. samhsa.gov/medications-subst…
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The @FIFAWorldCup starts this week, and host communities know the rule: prepare before the whistle.
Naloxone at stadiums, hotels, transit hubs and fan zones is not extra. It is smart game play when seconds matter.
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Experts are warning of an emerging opioid threat caused by a drug that is believed to be around 20 times more potent than morphine. newsweek.com/what-is-7-oh-ex…
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What happens when the President’s Budget Request is misaligned with the National Drug Control Strategy? Overdose deaths fell 15% last year, roughly 12,000 fewer than the year before. The FY 2027 budget would cut the programs that helped make that happen.
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Access to OUD treatment should not depend on extra federal paperwork. @DEAHQ final rule removes outdated DATA-waiver rules and federal patient caps, helping more clinicians provide medication treatment and more patients get care when they need it.
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The House FY27 Labor-HHS committee print is out. It recommends $7.294B for SAMHSA, $145M below FY26 enacted. We're digging into what this means for overdose prevention, treatment, recovery and workforce programs, and will share impact updates shortly.
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We know "harm reduction works."
The useful point from new research: in real-world OUD care across 112 U.S. health systems, MOUD and psychotherapy were each linked to better remission, but integrated care showed the strongest effect.
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The bipartisan CHIERS Act would help communities cover transportation to overdose prevention services, SUD treatment, detox and recovery supports. Access to care has to include a way to get there. @DonJBacon @RepDavidValadao @RepBonamici
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When funding shifts away from harm reduction, communities lose tools that keep people alive. Ohio health departments may run out of fentanyl test strips after federal guidance removed them from eligible SAMHSA-funded supplies.
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As we recognize National Naloxone Awareness Day, it's important to remember: overdoses can happen at school, too. More than 700 teens died from overdose in 2022 and 2023. Every school should have naloxone on hand and staff trained to use it.
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National Naloxone Awareness Day was yesterday. You saw a lot of posts about putting naloxone in public places: stadiums, libraries, transit hubs. All good. Here's the part most of them skipped. #NaloxoneAwarenessDay
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Naloxone is part of why that number is near 70,000 and not the 110,000 we faced a few years ago. The tools behind it only keep working as long as we keep funding them, which makes right now the wrong time to ease off. #NaloxoneAwarenessDay
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The awareness day passed, but the asks are the same any day of the year. Push past the comfortable version: tell your state and Congress to fund take-home and mail-based naloxone, protect what's working and connect every reversal to real treatment.
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But "down" isn't "done." Nearly 70,000 people is still a small city's worth of preventable death, much of it behind closed doors that no awareness campaign reaches.
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