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📰 News Media

• 🏛️ [National] Feds Compare Strategies for OD Crisis: Reducing Supply ... - filtermag.org
• 💊 [National] SAMHSA Restores Thousands of Active Grants, a Day After It Cut ... - filtermag.org
• ⚖️ [National, Oregon; Washington] Portland DA cracks down on drug crimes as Seattle pulls back on enforcement - foxnews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🧰 Harm reduction vending machines in New York State expand access to overdose treatment and drug test strips www.buffalo.edu/news/release... - bsky.app
• 🧪 Safer inhalation devices: a rapid Health Impact Assessment of a harm reduction pilot for people who smoke crack cocaine link.springer.com/article/10.1... - bsky.app
• 🔬 New study in Harm Reduction Journal finds #USA drug scheduling is out of step with science🧪 Experts acknowledge cannabis has proven medical benefits & is far less harmful than alcohol Authors urge evidence-based rescheduling & harm-reduction over punishment www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuanas-r... - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🫁 The nature of today’s unregulated drug supply has changed dramatically. In this video, I explain the risks of pressed pills and fentanyl contamination, and discuss what this means for harm reduction and drug policy. Watch the full video here: lnkd.in/eXQ6cNbR - bsky.app
• 🚫 I just want to be done with this shit, man. No more life or death elections. We know what the policy answers are to make things better for people in this country, we just need a political movement willing to make it happen. No more harm reduction. - bsky.app

🏙 City Updates

• 💊 - [Nashville, TN] - November 20, 2025 - Metro Public Health Department Announces New Naloxone Vending Machine Locations - nashville.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
• 💙 - [Boston, MA] - August 18, 2025 - Boston Recognizes International Overdose Awareness Day - boston.gov

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