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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

• 🤖 New pilot program uses AI alerts for overdoses in real time. - x.com
• 🧪 Community group launches fentanyl test strip vending machine. - x.com
• 🚐 Mobile harm reduction clinic expands into three neighborhoods. - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 💜 Supporters say harm reduction keeps people alive long enough to seek care. - bsky.app
• ⚖️ Critics question whether programs should be expanded without more funding. - x.com

Update Notes

January 18, 2026 (#e84a7c5) — Adding a blocklist for social handles that consistently get through other filters and have false positive posts I love feedback and requests--briefing@christianarthur.tech.

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