International Overdose Awareness Day: Naloxone Training and Distribution with HoyaDOPE

In 2023, more than 100,000 people died from an overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Washington, D.C. alone, 521 people died from an opioid-related overdose in the same year. In 2022, DC had the second-highest overdose death rate.
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day, a time to remember those we’ve lost and take action to prevent more overdoses.
In response, the O’Neill Institute’s Addiction and Public Policy Initiative, in partnership with the Hoya DOPE Project at Georgetown University School of Medicine, is hosting a naloxone training and distribution session.
This training will provide you with the knowledge and skills to act swiftly and effectively in the face of an overdose. Every participant will receive naloxone, a life-saving medication that can reverse an opioid-related overdose, upon completion of the training.
Your participation could help save a life.