Overdose Awareness Day Ceremony To Be Held Aug. 31 In Wilton

Press release from the Town of Wilton:

August 25, 2022

Both suspected overdoses and deaths due to overdoses continue to rise with annual double-digit rates of increase. There were 1,531 Connecticut confirmed deaths in 2021, an increase of 11.4% versus 2020 and an increase of 27.7% versus 2019. The 2021 rate of overdose deaths per 100,000 population for Fairfield County was 24.8, or 31% higher than the 2019 rate.

Please join town officials, town employees and fellow residents outside Town Hall at 11:00 a.m. to bring awareness, to remember without stigma those who have died and to acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind.

Purple is the official color of the awareness campaign. Town Hall grounds will be adorned in purple.

Comprehensive information from CT DPH about drug overdose prevention is available here.

International Overdose Awareness Day began in Australia and is now observed in countries across the world.

This press release was produced by the Town of Wilton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.