Wear Silver for International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31!

8/26/2016

Andrea Medley, Indigenous Wellness Educator at FNHA, wears the IOAD pin.

"IOAD encourages conversations about harm reduction and preventing overdose death. The day is also about supporting the people in our lives that struggle with addictions – helping them to be safe and feel that their lives are valued."

We've had an extremely positive response to FNHA's first annual silver badge campaign for International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD). We have received even more requests for badges than anticipated. So far, over 1,000 badges have been requested!

The badges will be distributed to 75-80 First Nations communities across BC through our regional Community Engagement Coordinators (CECs). We hope to build on this momentum and reach even more people next year.

Communities and individuals who have not received badges can still actively participate in IODA by wearing silver on August 31st, having deliberate conversations about naloxone and overdose death prevention, watching the naloxone video, and engaging with FNHA on social media.

By participating in IODA, we are all helping to:

• Raise awareness of overdose death and prevention
• Reduce the stigma of drug-related death
• Acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends remembering those they've lost

Did you know that Naloxone prevents Overdose Death?

Learn more here: http://www.fnha.ca/about/news-and-events/news/august-31st-is-international-overdose-awareness-day

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Print and post our 'Overdose can be prevented' poster