Click here for prettier version

📰 News Media

• 💊 [Somerville, MA] Somerville city officials issue drug warning after 5 reported overdoses, 3 of them fatal - boston.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🧭 Dispatches from Minneapolis: Just picked up winter clothes from 4 people I’ve never met and only know by code name and delivered to Southside Harm Reduction. The room of donations was F L O O D E D. We keep us safe. We’re gonna win - bsky.app
• 📚 I’m excited to share that my most recent publication, “Substance use stigma reduces trust and informational support: experimental evidence across risk and relationship contexts”, has now been published in Harm Reduction Journal. You can access the article: link.springer.com/article/10.1... - bsky.app
• 🧰 Local friends, it’s very important for you to understand that I am fully invested in harm reduction, I carry Narcan in my car and my bag, and I will be your drug buddy. No judgment, no sermons. I want you alive and potentially being sober one day if that’s your choice, not dead with no choice. - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 😡 “CDC seeks to block ‘never use alone’ messaging used by overdose prevention groups The phrase is part of ‘harm reduction 101’, which has led to significant declines in overdose fatalities in the US” Undoing efforts that reduce needless deaths is a policy choice. - bsky.app
• 😊 Public policy should be based on how humans actually behave, not on moral fantasies. Safer spaces, honest conversations, and harm reduction protect everyone. Criminalization protects no one. - 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

Update Notes

I love feedback and requests--briefing@christianarthur.tech.

Support & License

This newsletter is free to read, but costs about $30/month to run. Support the project. Copyright (c) Christian Arthur. O'Saasy License. Open source on GitHub: https://github.com/christian-arthur/harm-reduction-briefing. Like this tool but want a customized email newsletter? contact@christianarthur.tech.