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📰 News Media

• 💊 [Saskatoon, US] Drug alert issued for medetomidine in Saskatoon - globalnews.ca
• 💊 [National, Maryland] Maryland Overdose Deaths Fall for Fourth Straight Year – Reach 10-Year Low - wgmd.com
• 💊 [National] President Trump announces new initiative to address drug addiction - foxnews.com
• 💥 [Livermore, California] ‘I was a mother planning her baby’s funeral’: Livermore man gets 8 years for killing his daughter with fentanyl - mercurynews.com

🗣️ Social Pulse

Innovation

• 🚑 NJ Department of Human Services' #NaloxoneDirect gives first responders and harm reduction agencies and others the chance to request direct shipments of naloxone, anytime they need it, at no charge. 🔗Register and submit requests here: bit.ly/3bSnEgC #StopOverdoses #Naloxone - bsky.app
• 💡 Our new paper on Digital Harm Reduction and "Here4U Scotland app" from lead author @hadidf.bsky.social. Always a privilege to work and learn from @hadidf.bsky.social and @catrionamath.bsky.social 🙏. Thanks to @profalexstevens.bsky.social for ongoing PhD support 🙏 journals.sagepub.com/doi/... - bsky.app
• 🧪 Two years of Home Office licensed city centre drug checking. Two years of honest conversations, evidence-led harm reduction, and meeting people where they are. This video was made for our launch. In 2026, drug checking is growing into more city centres. www.facebook.com/reel/1606758... - bsky.app

Harm Reduction Discourse

• 😕 Actual policy: keeping the focus on substance use as a public health issue, not criminalizing users and harm reduction strategies for IV users. But eminently and pragmatic sensible approaches are spun into 'the Green Party want to legalise all drugs!!!' Depressing. - bsky.app
• 👍 Can youth protection and harm reduction coexist? Yes. New Zealand proves you can restrict youth access while helping adult smokers switch. This is balanced policy done right. #YouthProtection #BalancedPolicy www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO26... - bsky.app

🏙 City Updates

• 🚭 - [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
• 🔥 - [Phoenix, AZ] - September 29, 2025 - Heat Relief Network Wraps Up 2025 Season - maricopa.gov
• 🎗️ - [Austin, TX] - August 29, 2025 - City of Austin Highlighting Local Information and Resources for International Overdose Awareness Day - austintexas.gov

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