Baltimore health chief outlines new Division of Public Behavioral Health, strategic plan and staffing push Health Commissioner Michelle Taylor told the City Council committee the department has created a Division of Public Behavioral Health funded in part by opioid restitution funds, is adding staff and will expand prevention, harm reduction and treatment programs as part of a citywide overdose response strategy.

Baltimore is taking a bold step in tackling the overdose crisis with a new Division of Public Behavioral Health, aiming for a 40% reduction in overdose deaths by 2040!

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harm reduction means more #Naloxone in people’s hands, #OverdoseResponse trainings, linkages to #Treatment by harm reduction program staff, & people showing up for one another when it matters most. These are the very strategies NHRC has championed for 30 years.

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Counties across North Carolina are deploying post-overdose response teams to connect people with recovery and harm reduction resources. Full story at www.nchealthnews.org #overdose #overdoseresponse #opioid #opioidcrisis #nc #nchealth #health

‘We’re gonna be there’: NC counties rethink overdose response

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#OverdoseResponse, the role of peers in prevention, #HousingFirst, alternatives for safer #Tobacco use, #Burnout & compassion fatigue, #Stigma & trauma, history of #OverdosePrevention & prevention of #HIV & #HCV/#hepatitisC, & much more! We invite you to attend 1 or both days.

Three Revived After Overdose in Ukiah Apartment Thanks to Deputies’ Swift Use of Narcan In the early hours of Tuesday, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an overdose call in the 1400 block of North Bush Street in Ukiah, where they found three adults unresponsive.

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Northampton officials tackle Xylazine crisis with harm reduction education and mobile care units Local programs aim to combat Xylazine use and improve public awareness and testing reliability.

Massachusetts officials are confronting the rising crisis of Xylazine, a dangerous drug that complicates overdose responses and highlights the urgent need for better public awareness and harm reduction strategies.

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