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Carroll County proclaims Aug. 31 International Overdose Awareness Day; health department peers urge stigma reduction and harm reduction services
Summary
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners proclaimed Aug. 31, 2025, International Overdose Awareness Day. County health department staff and peers in recovery described local harm-reduction work, asked elected leaders to support community-based supports, and invited commissioners to recovery events.
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners on Aug. 28 proclaimed Aug. 31, 2025, as International Overdose Awareness Day and heard testimony from Carroll County Health Department staff and peer recovery specialists about local harm-reduction and peer-support efforts.
The proclamation, read at the start of the meeting, described IOAD as an international campaign to remember those lost to overdose, reduce stigma, and promote prevention strategies, and the board adopted it and recorded signatures by the commissioners.
Nut graf: Health department staff used the public presentation to outline local peer support, harm reduction and outreach work and to request continued public and governmental support for reducing overdose deaths.…
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