Get email alerts on the Public Health topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board proclaims International Overdose Awareness Day; SafeRx highlights naloxone access
Summary
The board designated Aug. 31, 2026, as International Overdose Awareness Day and heard SafeRx coalition remarks on expanded naloxone distribution, treatment access, and decreased overdose rates since 2019.
Supervisor Sabatier presented and the board adopted a proclamation designating Aug. 31, 2026, as International Overdose Awareness Day in Lake County. The proclamation cited 21 fatal overdoses in Lake County during 2024 and a county overdose rate of 27.78 per 100,000 versus the statewide rate of 14.48 per 100,000.
Kim Tangerman, deputy health services director speaking on behalf of Mary Gross and the SafeRx coalition, described local prevention and harm-reduction efforts, noting expanded access to naloxone via eight Narcan newsstands and four vending machines and ongoing partnerships to increase treatment and reduce stigma. "The SafeRx coalition is about keeping people alive," Tangerman said.
Board members thanked the coalition and asked whether county staff could reach out to a public commenter who raised suicidal ideation during earlier public comment; staff indicated they would attempt contact. The proclamation was adopted and the board recognized coalition partners for continuing prevention and recovery work.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
