Caldwell County RESTART will host an International Overdose Awareness Day event, August 30th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center.
There will be speakers personally affected by overdose, Naloxone education, and local resources and information available.
The CDC, National Center for Health Statistics reports that there were an estimated 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2023. North Carolina saw over 4000 overdose deaths in 2023.
