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📰 News Media

• 💊 [National] A Lifesaving Chance: The USU and DHA OEND Program Increases Naloxone Distribution - dvidshub.net
• 💊 [Seattle, Washington] Seattle, San Francisco rethink harm reduction drug policies amid crisis - foxnews.com
• 💊 [Seattle, Washington] Seattle y San Francisco las políticas de reducción ... - noticias.foxnews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

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Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🫂 Harm reduction stabilises the patient. Supply disruption treats the disease. Durable policy requires both, sequenced deliberately. - bsky.app
• ⚠️ This report shows a sharp shift from public health to a militarized drug war. Cutting treatment and harm-reduction programs while using inflated claims risks reversing real progress. Fentanyl is a crisis—but policy driven by fear, not data, can cost lives. #DrugPolicy #PublicHealth #USPolitics - bsky.app

🏙 City Updates

• 💰 - [Portland, OR] - December 19, 2025 - Board approves budget modification to backfill $2.4 million in CareOregon behavioral health cuts - multco.us
• 💊 - [Nashville, TN] - November 20, 2025 - Metro Public Health Department Announces New Naloxone Vending Machine Locations - nashville.gov
• 💊 - [New York, NY] - October 28, 2025 - Mayor Adams Announces Opioid Overdose Deaths in City Drop Significantly for First Time in Past Decade - nyc.gov
• 🚑 - [Dallas, TX] - October 8, 2025 - Dallas County Announces Expansion of Overdose Response Team to Five Cities - dallascounty.org

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