International Overdose Awareness Day 2020
WHEREAS: International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized globally on August 31 to raise awareness about the risks of overdosing, honor the individuals whose lives have been lost from overdosing and acknowledge the grief felt by families, friends, and communities; and
WHEREAS: Overdose Awareness Day aims to publicly challenge the stigma associated with substance use disorders and overdosing; and
WHEREAS: In 2018, 1,404 Georgians died from a drug overdose according to the Centers for Disease Control; and
WHEREAS: Every person deserves our best efforts to prevent injury and death from overdose, and it is imperative to support overdose prevention policies and projects and to help make sure everyone understands overdose is a social issue, which impacts the victim, families, friends, and communities,
NOW, THEREFORE, I … do hereby proclaim Monday, August 31, 2020 as OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY
