HomeMy WebLinkAbout081622-08.01 DAN ` I L L E CALIFORNJA
PROCLAMATION
INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY
AUGUST 31, 2022
WHEREAS,International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized on August 31s'of each year to raise awareness
of drug overdoses, end the stigma surrounding substance abuse disorder and drug-related deaths, and
acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends by remembering those who have died or had a permanent injury
as a result of a drug overdose; and
WHEREAS, in many communities throughout the country, the national opioid epidemic poses a significant
threat to public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville does affirm and acknowledge the harm and hardship caused by drug overdose;
and
WHEREAS, International Overdose Awareness Day is one opportunity to remember community residents,
friends and family that have been lost to overdose death and promote strategies that can prevent future overdose
deaths, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville resolves to play our part in reducing the toll of overdose in our community,
which continues to claim the lives of community members every year and forever affects those who loved and
cared about them; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council does hereby proclaim August 31, 2022, as International Overdose
Awareness Day in the Town of Danville.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands this 16th day of August 2022.
&CA/Z
NEWELL ARNERICH,MAYOR
STORER, VICE MAYOR DAVID F62vG, CO C EMBER
R E GAN, O CILMEMBER KA G. STEP R, CO LMEMBER