Surviving family members raise money, awareness on Overdose Awareness Day
CHICAGO â Initial numbers showed Cook County recorded more than 1,500 opioid deaths last year. Advocates for addiction awareness know the pain behind every single case. So, on International Overdose Awareness Day, they pushed for more change. Family members who fight for their loved ones' memories in Chicago Heights said they are encouraged by the progress they are seeing in terms of awareness, access to life-saving treatments, and overall numbers. But the work continues.
They came out to raise money for other families in the same situation, offering support and resources and raising money to offset the financial cost of future funerals because they know this problem continues. Moms at the event say they are encouraged by the changing attitudes toward opioid addictionâand access to the reversal drug naloxone, which is now stocked and available for free in many public spaces.
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