91大黄鸭 General Hospital will be lit up in purple for International Overdose Awareness Day.
KGH鈥檚 pedestrian bridge link will be lit up to mark the day meant to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and recognize the grief felt by those who have lost a loved one as a result of a drug overdose.
鈥淚n 2016, there were at least 2,946 apparent opioid-related deaths, with another 2,923 occurring between January and September 2017,鈥� reads the Canadian statistics section.
鈥淭hese reports do not include deaths caused by drugs other than opioids, so the total number of drug-induced deaths will be somewhat higher.鈥�
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