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PROCLAMATION
INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY
AUGUST 31, 2023
WHEREAS,International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized on August 31St of each year to raise azoareness
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 Toznn of Danville does affirm and acknowledge the harm and hardship caused by drug overdose,
and
WHEREAS, International Overdose Aznareness 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 Toxon 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, nozo, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Toxon Council does hereby proclaim August 31, 2023 as International Overdose
Aznareness Day in the T071m of Danville.
1N WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands this 15111 day of August 2023.
�OBER�TSTO�RER,�MAYOR
4RaN STEP R, VICE AYOR RENEE O GAN, C ILMEMBER
DAVE G, C LMEMBER NEWELL ARNERICH, COUNCILMEMBER