International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31st – Held every year in August, International Overdose Awareness Day was initiated to raise awareness of the fact that drug overdoses are preventable. Another goal of this day is to reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths while acknowledging the grief felt by families and friends of overdose victims. According to the CDC, there were over 100,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2021 as the destabilizing effects of COVID-19 led to a 12%…