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North Country organizations commemorate Overdose Awareness Day
Events start at 4 p.m. Wed. Aug. 31 at the MHAB Life Skills Campus in Plattsburgh
Updated: 2:54 PM EDT Aug 31, 2022
Several North Country organizations are coming together on Aug. 31 to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day.The Champlain Valley Family Center, Alliance for Positive Health and MHAB are hosting an Overdose Awareness Day event at the MHAB Life Skills Campus in Plattsburgh. Attendees can get free NARCAN training at 4 p.m., followed by speakers at 5 p.m. and a Tree of Hope and Rock Garden dedication ceremony to those who lost their lives to addiction at 6 p.m. “I’m an alcoholic and an addict. I haven’t had a drink or drug since May 7, 2011. I lost a family member back in 1976 to addiction, and in that year they only lost 7,000 people,” said Denis King, with the Champlain Valley Family Center. “My cousin was one of them and it was a pretty horrifying thing. We didn’t talk about it. It was swept under the rug. I think the more we put this into light and show people what is happening the better chance we have to solve these problems.”The Champlain Valley Family Center offers free NARCAN training to community members on the first Monday of every month.
Several North Country organizations are coming together on Aug. 31 to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day.
The Champlain Valley Family Center, Alliance for Positive Health and MHAB are hosting an Overdose Awareness Day event at the MHAB Life Skills Campus in Plattsburgh.
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Attendees can get free NARCAN training at 4 p.m., followed by speakers at 5 p.m. and a Tree of Hope and Rock Garden dedication ceremony to those who lost their lives to addiction at 6 p.m.
“I’m an alcoholic and an addict. I haven’t had a drink or drug since May 7, 2011. I lost a family member back in 1976 to addiction, and in that year they only lost 7,000 people,” said Denis King, with the Champlain Valley Family Center. “My cousin was one of them and it was a pretty horrifying thing. We didn’t talk about it. It was swept under the rug. I think the more we put this into light and show people what is happening the better chance we have to solve these problems.”
The Champlain Valley Family Center offers free NARCAN training to community members on the first Monday of every month.
