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📰 News Media

• 🏥 [National, Maryland] Maryland Scrubs the Term "Harm Reduction" From Key Grant Program - filtermag.org
• 💰 [National] SAMHSA Restores Thousands of Active Grants, a Day After It Cut ... - filtermag.org
• 💊 [National] The Problem With Crediting the Drop in Fentanyl OD to Supply Reduction - filtermag.org

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• ⚠️ Harm reduction-focused civil-society dialogue ahead of WHO EB158 addressing CorporateCapture: examining tobacco/pharma influence on public health. Early-warning-esque systemic risk signal for industry-driven harm. - bsky.app
• 🧰 Public Health Vending Machines for 24/7 access to health, hygiene, and harm-reduction supplies (first-ever in Somerville). A scalable, low-barrier distribution channel. - bsky.app
• 🚐 Mobile, low-barrier care where people actually are — a nurse, social worker, & case manager rolling up to support patients before crises spiral. Scalable model to rural areas; potential to reduce ER overload. - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🤝 The team at our Stirling-based service were delighted to welcome @mareetodd.bsky.social, Minister for Drugs & Alcohol Policy & Sport in Scotland, earlier this week. They discussed key interventions, challenges & the Minister expressed her commitment to harm reduction and drug death prevention. - bsky.app
• ⚠️ And now we're at that tipping point anyway. Democrat toothlessness and fragmentation has never posited meaningful policy changes or served as opposition to genocidal war hawks. If the only options are turbofascism and diet fascism, then you don't have a meaningful reduction of harm. - bsky.app

🏙 City Updates

• 💊 - [Nashville, TN] - November 20, 2025 - Metro Public Health Department Announces New Naloxone Vending Machine Locations - nashville.gov
• 🚭 - [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
• 🕯️ - [Austin, TX] - August 29, 2025 - City of Austin Highlighting Local Information and Resources for International Overdose Awareness Day - austintexas.gov

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