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📰 News Media

• ⚠️ [Kingston, Ontario] Kingston drug sample sold as cocaine contained fentanyl, animal tranquillizer - globalnews.ca
• 🛑 [Somerville, Massachusetts] Somerville city officials issue drug warning after 5 reported overdoses, 3 of them fatal - boston.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 💊 Reminder to check if your state/county gives out free narcan and drug testing kits for your community. I was originally certified by my local library precovid and now they do it via mail! DM me if you need help finding it near you! - bsky.app
• 🧪 In some locations, this could look like regulated sex-positive spaces focused on harm reduction, consent, and health. - bsky.app
• 🛟 Fentanyl overdoses in Washington ERs and across the U.S. are falling. While border measures may help, experts credit naloxone access, opioid treatment, and harm reduction programs for saving lives and reducing overdoses. #OpioidCrisis #OverdosePrevention #Naloxone #HarmReduction #PublicHealth - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 🤦 British Columbia is ending its limited drug decriminalization policy and bringing back criminal penalties for personal possession. This decision ignores its own data and public health evidence, reversing a harm-reduction approach that showed early promise. drugpolicy.ca/bc-revives-c... - bsky.app
• ⚠️ Public health warns about tobacco industry interference but what if tobacco control itself is captured? Economist Roger Bate explains why the WHO FCTC is vulnerable to donor influence, how Bloomberg-funded NGOs shape policy upstream, and why harm reduction is excluded despite strong evidence. - 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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