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International Overdose Awareness Day

Friday August 31
2018

  • By: VOCAL-NY
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Time Zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • Location:
    NYC Morgue
    462 1st Ave NY, NY (Meet at the corner of East 27th/1st Ave)
    New York City, NY
  • Contact:
    Jasmine Budnella
    VOCAL-NY
    720-480-5262

NYC has had 7 years of increasing overdose deaths with 1,441 lives lost in 2017—that’s a life lost every six hours. More people are dying from an overdose than homicides, suicides, and traffic accidents combined. The impact is heightened for  marginalized NYers: overdose is the leading cause of death among people living in NYC shelters; people leaving incarceration are 40 times more likely to overdose in the first two weeks of release; and, last year, the black community had an 80% increase (the largest among all demographics) of fatal overdoses.

International Overdose Awareness Day is an important day to bring awareness to the overdose crisis, but as a community WE DEMAND ACTION.

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