Honoring International Overdose Awareness Day
Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) brings a global community together to take action on overdose. This year's theme "25 Years On. Still Needed" reminds us that overdose affects people from every walk of life and that overdose prevention remains an urgent need. Provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show an estimated 69,147 US overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending January 2026, a 13.2% decline from ...



