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📰 News Media

• 💊 [Boston, MA] Boston expands overdose prevention services in 2025 - example.com
• 🧪 [Sacramento, CA] California pilots new drug checking program - example.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🏧 Grant funding is now available for Narcan vending machines. Learn how public-health organizations can secure support, stay compliant, & expand 24/7 access to overdose-rescue medication. - x.com
• 🧠 What if drug and opioid overdoses could be anticipated before it’s too late? @UCF_SGHMI's Kendall Cortelyou has been working with Project Overdose to develop DrugTRAC, an online tool providing insight into emerging drug-use trends. 💻 How it works: https://www.ucf.edu/news/health-informatics-school-director-curates-ai-powered-drug-tracking-tool-with-local-nonprofit/ - x.com
• 🧪 Nearly 60% of overdose deaths between March 2024 and 2025 involved fentanyl. Drug checking tools like test strips can help reduce overdose risk. States can take steps to make these lifesaving tools more available. https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2026/01/drug-checking-equipment-can-reduce-overdose-deaths?utm_campaign=pewhealth&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social - x.com

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🚫 The cuts will affect overdose-prevention work, naloxone distribution and use by first responders, mental health and substance use support within schools, support for pregnant and postpartum women who receive assistance for substance use disorder, underage drinking prevention and recovery support programs – all cut without warning. https://t.co/4CwyTDMgZN - x.com
• 💉 This didn’t happen by accident. Expanded access to naloxone, harm-reduction funding, treatment access, and pressure on illicit fentanyl supply are finally showing results Credit where it’s due, this administration made overdose prevention a priority - x.com

🏙 City Updates

• ✨NEW✨ [Nashville, TN] - December 30, 2025 - City launches naloxone vending machines - example.com
• 📊 - [Las Vegas, NV] - December 20, 2025 - County publishes overdose dashboard update - example.com

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