Tributes
To all those who walked the hard miles but did not make it. You're never forgotten. Remembering those who have died – or been injured – because of overdose is an important part of International Overdose Awareness Day. If you would like to commemorate somebody, please add Tributes here. Tributes will be posted below as soon as they are approved. [Please be aware that as this is a public forum, any use of profanity or personal attacks in Tributes may lead to the Tribute not bei
Nashville’s International Overdose Awareness Day Rally 2019
Nashville, Tennessee Thank you to everyone who helped to make Nashville’s International Overdose Awareness Day Rally 2019 a success. We were blessed, inspired and uplifted by your presence. We pray for those who have lost loved one and friends to overdose. We know your courage will help to save others. #IOAD #endoverdose #hope Addiction Campuses International Overdose Awareness Day See Video: https://www.facebook.com/elathon/videos/10220228074235361/ https://www.facebook.com/
Overdose Awareness Day
Special thanks to Ron & Lisa Bobal for creating a place tonight that we could honor our loved ones we have lost to addiction. My candle burned tonight for Jason and Deanna. I love and miss you both more than words could ever say. #overdoseawarenessday https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10219420395009889&set=a.10200814088183847&type=3&theater
Overdose Awareness Day 2019
Knoxville, Tennessee #overdoseawarnessday2019 #wedorecover https://www.facebook.com/nancy.carter.daniels/posts/10217927094881683
International Overdose Awareness Day Rally
Nashville, Tennessee https://www.facebook.com/nancy.carter.daniels/posts/10217930211359593?__tn__=-R
Families and Friends are Remembering the Loss during Overdose Awareness Day
NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — It's an epidemic that has touched thousands of Tennessee families. Now, people are coming together to mark "Overdose Awareness Day" in Nashville. In The Nashville Recovery Center, families and friends gathered to remember loved ones they lost to drug addiction. This year's Overdose Awareness Day was sponsored by Addiction Services. Several speakers talked about remembering their loved ones and the need for more support and resources to combat the dise
2019 IOAD Nashville
Beautiful Souls Beautiful day Filled with smiles and tears Thank you everyone for coming out to National Overdose Awareness Day❤️ See Video Here: https://www.facebook.com/sobernashville/videos/581290249069199/?t=24 https://www.facebook.com/nancy.carter.daniels/posts/10217929693146638?__tn__=-R
Plea Entered in Court Case Involving Death of ‘Beloved Friend’ Fritts, 26
CLINTON, Tenn. — On a cloud-filled, rainy Monday afternoon, Troy Andrew Venable of Oak Ridge, Tenn., entered a “best interest plea” to a charge of criminally negligent homicide regarding the October 2016 death of 26-year-old Lauren Fritts, also of Oak Ridge. As part of Venable’s plea, the 30-year-old was given a two-year sentence — but will be credited with time served in Anderson County jail and be on supervised probation. Regardless, ”[This conviction is] going to be on you
County on Edge after Spike in Opioid Deaths
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An alarming report released by the Shelby County Health Department shows there were 16 reported overdoses, five of them fatal, in a 24-hour period. The 24-hour Spike Alert was issued on Sunday. Most of those affected were men in their thirties and fifties. Many American are affected by adverse effects of opioids. Ron Bobal is one, but he wanted to do something positive to handle the process of losing his son, Ronnie. "I lost my son in Christmas of 2016. As a
Drug Deaths
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