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📰 News Media

• 🩺 [National] Easing EMS Load by Pairing With Social Workers for Mental Health Calls - firehouse.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🆕 Two studies led by an opioid treatment program have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across NY are well utilized and provide critical, lifesaving services to high-risk individuals who might not otherwise have access. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01... - bsky.app
• 🗳️ Not leaders, unless "leader" is someone the media covers for being an odd docks. If by leader you mean elected official or religious leader, then that's a no. Somali Imans supported Harris and urged people to vote for her genocide-supporting ass because it was "harm reduction." - bsky.app
• 🤝 “Today at 6:30PM: Harm Reduction Advocacy Open Meeting (College St United Church). A working meeting open to all, including newcomers to HAC! After intros and announcements, break out into “working groups” to work on organizing projects for the collective to advance harm reduction." - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 👎 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
• 👍 “I worked for some time in harm reduction policy. I recall my first few weeks in the office, not having a clear understanding of the work that happened in needle syringe exchanges and more so, the importance of it – until I started doing site visits.” theaimn.net/the-needle-e... - bsky.app

🏙 City Updates

• 🏠 - [New York, NY] - January 19, 2026 - Mayor Mamdani Restarts Just Home Supportive Housing Initiative, Reversing Prior Administration’s Efforts to Block Project - nyc.gov
• 💵 - [Portland, OR] - December 19, 2025 - Board approves budget modification to backfill $2.4 million in CareOregon behavioral health cuts - multco.us
• 💊 - [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

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