One of our founders, Dr. Kelsey Roden, lays out what we need.
#bcpoli #IOAD #harmreduction
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This #IOAD, we laid the truth, and our bodies, at the BC Government's feet. #bcpoli #harmreduction
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Jay Genaille aka Jay the Hoop Dancer aka Jay the Cree gave an incredible performance at our #IOAD event in #Victoria.
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White text on a purple background that reads "Overdose Prevention & Naloxone Education Event" at the top left. In the middle are two white boxes with text: "72 doses of naloxone" and "27 overdose response kits"
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table on Friday, August 29th for our International Overdose Awareness Day event 💜
We managed to give out 72 doses of naloxone and 27 overdose response kits, plus other community resources. #IOAD
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For #ioad, we highlight the voices of people with lived experience, frontline harm reduction workers, healthcare providers, researchers, and members of community organizations that provide services for people who use drugs.
odprn.ca/research/pub...
#ioad2025 #opioiduse #oud #drugtoxicitycrisis
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Today we recognize #IOAD by remembering those we have lost, those who remember them, those who have come back, and those who dedicate their lives to ending overdose. No matter where you fall, we send you love. We are proud to stand alongside this community in the fight to save lives compassionately.
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Today on International Overdose Awareness Day, I joined the Tri-Cities Community Action Team (TCCAT) to remember the lives lost and support those left behind. More than 17,000 people in B.C. have died from the toxic drug supply.
#ioad2025 #ioad #mlajennb #coquitlam #drivenbyhope #hopeandhealing
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Remember that when politicians come to your IOAD event that most of the drug policy approaches that have been done in the name of "ending" overdose have just made the problem worse. 1. Drug seizures - claimed to lower drug use, but we know the opposite is true. 2. Criminalization and incarceration - often framed as "saving people" by locking them up, but this only lowers tolerance and increases overdose risk at reentry. Add to that the barriers of a criminal record-family separation, housing, employment, healthcare-and you set people up for more chaotic use. 3. Coerced, forced, or involuntary treatment - for the same reasons. In the name of "saving people," we statistically increase their risk of overdose.
4. Reducing opioid prescribing - removing regulated opioids created a vacuum filled by fentanyl. This has killed hundreds of thousands and harmed pain patients who are now pushed to the illicit market or toward suicide. 5. Abstinence-based treatment and recovery - people in treatment are still rarely taught about overdose prevention or the risk of returning to use. Talking about it is seen as "triggering" or "enabling." The result: so many die within weeks or months of discharge. So what are solutions that could reduce overdose? Harm reductionists have been screaming these ideas from the rooftops for decades. Providing a regulated supply (not just for people with OUD, as is often the pitch of safe supply efforts). Ending criminalization. Opening overdose prevention centers. Getting police out of pain management decisions between a doctor and patient. Removing barriers to medication access, methadone in particular. Improving mental health care. Building a more kind and just society, one that makes it safe for people to use drugs around one another so that overdose can be spotted and reversed. Anyway... lots to think about. I miss my friends. Let's do better.
When politicians show up at your #ioad event… remind them that almost every policy approach to overdose has made it worse and that’s by design.
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Today is Overdose Awareness Day - a day to bring attention to the toxic drug crisis which resulted in 16 deaths in Canada every day between 2016 and 2023 AND resulted in 600,000 brain injuries in the same period.
#IOAD #internationaloverdoseawarenessday #overdoseday #endoverdose
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#IOAD International Overdose Awareness Day is AUG 31st, and I stand with my community to break the silence about #overdoseprecention, which will save lives. #opioidaddiction #narcansaveslives
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A purple ribbon in on the left, with the message "ONLY A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT CAN END OVERDOSE" written in purple, and the WISH Drop-In Centre Society pink dahlia logo below that.
The toxic drug crisis has affected us all, impacting our families, neighbourhoods, classrooms, workplaces and the public spaces we share.
The guiding principles of #IOAD remind us how to move beyond awareness into action.
www.overdoseday.com/news/our-gui...
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Today is International Overdose Awareness Day #IOAD #TimeToRemember. Honoring those who have been lost by ending stigma, education, and awareness. https://bit.ly/3cTO4fT Poison Helpline 1-800-222-1222. Free & expert advice 24/7/365.
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Gradient graphic with red, orange, and purple background. Bold white and black text reads: “Queer, Trans & S*x Worker survival is harm reduction.” White line drawings decorate the image, including sparkles, an umbrella, two dancing figures with a disco ball, and lighthouse logo in the corner.
(1/2) On #IOAD, we honor not only those we've lost, but also the brilliance of our communities who refuse to give up.
Queer and trans people. S* workers. People who use drugs. You are all beloved.
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It is #IOAD today. Please share this around, I want as many people as possible to have access to this information.
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This @OverdoseDay help us prevent overdose fatalities. Attend your local
event https://www.overdoseday.com/events-2025
Brighton's event is: https://fb.me/e/2YRFaLRbQ
#OverdoseAware #EndOverdose #Recovery #Friends #Family #Addiction #Overdose #Awareness #Brighton #National #International #OAD #IOAD
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For International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember the peers who went before us, the ones we lost, but will never forget 💜 AIVL will keep pushing for better access to naloxone, peer support and equitable drug policies and programs! 💜💊💉✊️☂️ See our #IOAD webinar: aivl.org.au/events/webin...
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International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31 every year.
It's time to turn away from punitive drug policy in favour of #health and #harmreduction
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Out with some of the team planting flags in Boston for #ioad - remembering our dead friends and why we are doing this work.
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Sharing one more piece during Overdose Awareness Week "Contesting Deaths' Despair: Local Public Religion, Radical Welcome and Community Health in the Overdose Crisis, Massachusetts, USA" #ioad #savealife #IOAD2025 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose
Full text: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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At the Chincoteague Island Library today until 3 PM. Come get free naloxone and a t-shirt to kick off your Labor Day weekend. #IOAD
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With #IOAD approaching, we're highlighting work that is helping prevent overdose deaths. We're funding youth resilience & safety grants through Island Health; given to groups improving youth mental well-being & working to create safety for people who use substances. Kudos to these community leaders!
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Grieving mother in a purple dress, holding a sign with the message "Healthcare, NOT JAIL"
Grieving families know that forcing people into treatment is the opposite of compassion. Stop the Harm. No to coerced care! #ioad @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
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Yesterday, @hrna.bsky.social sent this important letter to Canadian PM @mark-carney.bsky.social.
We need your help! Please share the letter and our urgent request!
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #IOAD #IOAD2025
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Has an overdose touched your community or someone you love? Overdose Awareness Day ends the stigma and saves lives. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #IOAD #OVERDOSEAWARENESS
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A plain black background with HRNA logo, a purple ribbon for international overdose awareness day, and the text “52,544 lives lost (2016-2024) these deaths were preventable #IOAD2025”
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Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.
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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses
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As we approach International Overdose Awareness Day, we join our community in holding both grief and hope at the same time in the fight to #EndOverdose. This month – and every month – we remember those we have lost, and we act to save lives.💜 #OneBigFamily #IOAD
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This year’s International Overdose Awareness Day theme #OneBigFamily couldn’t be more relevant. We’re stronger together as one community towards one goal: ending overdose. Share with your community and help spread the word to #EndOverdose.💜 #IOAD
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As we recognize #IOAD this month, we want to emphasize how much everyone deserves to not only survive an overdose, but to be cared for with compassion. With RiVive 3 mg naloxone, there is less chance of precipitated withdrawal than with higher doses. We hope you’ll help spread the word this month. 🩶
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