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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

• 🧠 DrugTRAC: AI-powered online tool to anticipate emerging drug-use trends; potential for early warning and targeted interventions. - ucf.edu
• 💬 But, that's no reason to not try. Harm reduction at least - bsky.app
• 🅿️ Naloxone vending machines: grant-funded expansion for 24/7 lifesaving access; concrete novel delivery model. - x.com

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 💬 What sticks out to me is that disaffected leftists weren't chiefly responsible for Harris's loss. We aren't that big of a bloc and many vote for harm reduction anyway. Enthusiasm was down across the board because of the tendency to elevate uninspiring candidates and policy during crises - bsky.app
• 😊 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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