Overdose Awareness Day
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Okanagan Nation Alliance rides through region for overdose awareness"A few years ago we had a couple of youth who overdosed and it really put a fire under us...it's enough for us to create this movement."CanadaAug 30, 2022
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Halifax marks International Overdose Awareness Day, aims to end stigma"There shouldn't be shame or stigma associated with an accidental drug poisoning. People don't intentionally try to take their own lives."HealthAug 31, 2021
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Toxic drugs are now the leading cause of death for people between 19 and 39 in B.C.In the first half of 2021, at least 1,011 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity in the province, according to data released by the BC Coroners Service.HealthAug 31, 2021
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Calgary families share stories of struggling to get help for addictionsA group of Albertans who have been directly impacted by addictions met with the province’s associate minister of mental health and addictions in Calgary on Friday.HealthAug 30, 2019
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Dozens march through Halifax streets in memory of those who died to overdoseOverdose Awareness Day is an international event held at the end of every August. In Nova Scotia, 56 people died in 2018 from opioid related overdoses alone.CanadaAug 30, 2019
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Memorial service marks overdose awareness day in PeterboroughAbout a dozen people attended a memorial service to honour and grieve for those who lost their lives to a drug overdose.CanadaAug 31, 2018
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‘He never woke up’: Overdose victims remembered in HalifaxHalifax Mayor Mike Savage proclaimed Aug. 31, 2017 as "Overdose Awareness Day" in the Halifax Regional Municipality.CanadaAug 31, 2017
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