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Legislative working group lays out curriculum goals, divides tasks for xylazine training
Summary
A legislative working group convened by the Special Commission on Xylazine agreed on core training goals — identifying xylazine and its harms, recognizing exposure, and immediate response steps including wound care — and divided research and slide development by audience with deliverables due Nov. 25.
The Special Commission on Xylazine’s working group on education and training met in a livestreamed session to set curriculum goals and assign work by audience ahead of a December public presentation.
Mindy Daum, House chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery and chairing the working group, said the group must move quickly to produce recommendations and materials for the full commission. "As a reminder, this working group is charged with investigating and producing findings and recommendations on education and training for first responders, the medical community, the substance use treatment community, and people who use drugs," Daum said.
The group front‑loaded three training goals that members said should guide curriculum development. Members repeatedly emphasized that trainings should do more than convey facts: they should build the skills people need to act. "One, describe xylazine and its harms; two, describe signs of xylazine poisoning; and three, identify steps that you can…
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