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According to the latest data, there are about 50,000 people, who inject drugs in Georgia<\/strong>, which is an alarming figure for the population of our country. The issue of overdose management is especially relevant today in the entire civilized world since new psychoactive substances have become widespread and every day a new species of substance appears on the market. What\u2019s more, the statistics of overdoses registered at the governmental level in Georgia are significantly different from the cases identified by the non-governmental sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Overdose Awareness Day shares the grief of family and friends who have lost a loved one to an overdose. This International Campaign honored those who have died or received permanent injuries due to drug overdoses and aimed to raise awareness of the problem of overdose deaths and to draw the attention of decision-makers to legal, human and supportive ways to prevent overdose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global massage of this Campaign became: “Time to remember. time to act”. That\u2019s why, this day GeNPUD, Georgian Harm reduction Network GHRN member organizations, activists, drug users, family members of the deceased, joined the International Overdose Awareness Day with planting eternity Cyprus trees (\u201cTrees of life\u201d) as a tradition – to honor the memory of the deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Within the campaign of 2021 we, as well as partner organizations (from other regions of Georgia – Phoenix and Rubikon, from Ozurgeti and Kutaisi) once again reminded the government to humanize the drug policy and the vital importance of removing Naloxone from the drug prescription system. We aimed to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related death. It was also important for us to start an evidence-based discussion on overdose prevention and drug policy. That\u2019s why, to commemorate this day, several parallel activities took place on 31 August:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online webinar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n