Journée internationale de sensibilisation aux overdoses – 2023

Il s'agit de la plus grande campagne annuelle au monde visant à mettre fin aux overdoses, à se souvenir sans stigmatisation des personnes décédées et à reconnaître la douleur de leurs proches. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

IOAD 2023 theme: Recognizing those people who go unseen

Overdose touches people and communities in many ways.

With our theme for 2023, “Recognizing those people who go unseen,” we honor the people whose lives have been altered by overdose. They are the family and friends grieving the loss of a loved one; workers in healthcare and support services extending strength and compassion; or spontaneous first responders who selflessly assume the role of lifesaver.

We would like to say to these people: #weseeyou. Theirs are the voices we should amplify, and their strength and experience should be held up as examples to us all. Too often, however, they are left to bear the burden of this crisis alone and in silence.

This year on August 31, let’s acknowledge and support the people in our communities who go unrecognized by raising awareness of the hidden impacts of overdose, promoting education of overdose response, and reaching out to politicians to make lasting, lifesaving policy changes.

It’s time to act. Who are the people in your community affected by overdose that you would like to recognize this IOAD?