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Advocates warn against reallocating opioid settlement funds; urge continued support for harm-reduction programs
Summary
Multiple harm-reduction providers and public-health groups told the subcommittee that proposed reductions to opioid settlement-funded programs (the California overdose prevention and harm reduction initiative) would endanger proven naloxone distribution and syringe-service programs.
Dozens of public commenters — including harm-reduction program managers, statewide advocacy organizations and county public-health representatives — urged the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health to restore or maintain opioid-settlement funding directed to community harm-reduction programs.
Why it matters: Speakers said the initiatives funded by opioid settlement dollars (identified in testimony as COFRE/COFRI or the California overdose prevention and harm reduction initiative) produce demonstrable overdose reversals and other protective services. Several witnesses said the programs are highly…
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