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📰 News Media

• 🏥 [Calgary, Alberta] Calgary committee to make ‘symbolic’ vote on supervised consumption site closure - globalnews.ca
• 💊 [National] Use + Harm Reduction Archives - Filter - filtermag.org
• 🚨 [National, California] California seizes record $500 million worth of fentanyl at border amid ongoing crisis - 10news.com
• 🚨 [National, California] Over $500M in fentanyl seized since 2021, Newsom announces - kesq.com
• 🏥 [National] RFK Jr unveils $100M effort to tackle addiction, homelessness and mental illness - foxnews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🧪 We want to better understand how people use K, why they use K, and how using K has affected them :) We want to improve consumer health and inform ketamine harm reduction. If you are interested in finding out more, please use the link below: (link) - bsky.app
• 🧭 Harm reduction now, abolition later when we have the power. And even if you think they just ignore the restrictions, having them written into law will make it a lot harder to sustain "he was following his training, he did nothing wrong" once we do have power. - bsky.app
• ⚖️ 3️⃣ There is a better “harm-reduction equilibrium” where MOUD is the default in custody, recovery housing is MOUD‑inclusive, and diversion to treatment is routine—overdose falls, stability rises, and recidivism drops. www.eccentricecon.com/p/the-quiet-... - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🌱 The Greens here with the only drugs policy based in evidence and harm reduction. Polanski rightly points out the disingenuous position of many politicians, pushing counterproductive crack downs in spite of many senior politicians stating on the record that they have taken illegal drugs. - bsky.app
• 🚫 The "harm reduction" tobacco industry argument is akin to arguing that government policy should be geared towards encouraging snorting cocaine because it's "safer" than mainlining cocaine! #CantFixStupid! - bsky.app

🏙 City Updates

• 🚭 - [El Paso, TX] - November 20, 2025 - City Recognizes National Quit Smoking Day - elpasotexas.gov
• 🚑 - [Dallas, TX] - October 8, 2025 - Dallas County Announces Expansion of Overdose Response Team to Five Cities - dallascounty.org
• 💊 - [Minneapolis, MN] - October 7, 2025 - Third NARCAN® vending machine installed to broaden community access - minneapolismn.gov
• 🔥 - [Phoenix, AZ] - September 29, 2025 - Heat Relief Network Wraps Up 2025 Season - maricopa.gov

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