Saturday, August 31, 2024
International Overdose Awareness Day at Stacy Boulevard in Gloucester
International Overdose Awareness Day 2024
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. Every
year, this serves as a time to remember our fellow community members who have
died of or survived an overdose and raise awareness of ways to prevent future
overdoses.
This past week I joined those gathered along Stacy Boulevard
in Gloucester to light luminaries and remember loved ones who succumbed to
opioids.
I also attended Middleton's 1st Overdose Awareness Vigil on
the lawn of the Flint Public Library with my colleague State Representative
Brad Jones.
Purple is the color of solidarity for families, friends, and
members of the community and those who attended shared their strength and
desire to bring this international calamity to an end.
Overdose Awareness Day is followed by Recovery Month, a
national observance held in September to promote hope and recovery from
addiction. locally, our most recent state budget invests nearly $700 million
for a wide range of services to support individuals struggling with addiction
and programs to prevent substance addiction through education, prescription
monitoring, and more.
#overdoseawarenessday2024 #SubstanceAddiction #opiods #statesenatorbrucetarr
