08/27/2025
🕯 Overdose Awareness Week: Why It Matters
All this week—leading up to International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31—we pause to remember the lives lost to overdose, support those still struggling, and recommit ourselves to prevention, education, and recovery. 💜
Addiction doesn’t discriminate. And recovery doesn’t happen alone.
At Limen Recovery + Wellness, we believe in compassion over stigma, care over judgment, and connection over isolation. 💜
Did You Know?
🔹 In 2023, the U.S. had around 110,000 overdose deaths. By 2024, that number dropped to about 80,000—the largest annual decrease in six years.
🔹 As of March 2025, overdose deaths are estimated at 77,648—a continued 25% drop year-over-year.
🔹 Nearly 70% of stimulant-related overdoses (like m**h) also involved illicit fentanyl, making polysubstance use a major danger.
🔹 In 2024, 48.4 million people aged 12+ had a substance use disorder—but only 17% of those with opioid use disorder received medication-assisted treatment.
🔹 SAMHSA has released a comprehensive Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit to help individuals, families, and communities recognize, respond to, and prevent overdoses.
📘 Want to take action?
Visit SAMHSA’s Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit page to learn more:
https://library.samhsa.gov/product/overdose-prevention-response-toolkit/pep23-03-00-001
Every life matters. Every action counts.
We envision a world where recovery is supported at every step, and where an overdose isn’t a death sentence—it’s a wake-up call for healing, connection, and change.
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Helpful Links:
SAMHSA Toolkit:
https://library.samhsa.gov/product/overdose-prevention-response-toolkit/pep23-03-00-001
More on IOAD and awareness:
https://www.samhsa.gov/about/digital-toolkits/overdose-awareness-week
CDC Data and Statistics:
https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/php/toolkits/ioad.html
NSDUH 2024 Report (Substance Use Stats):
https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20250728/samhsa-releases-annual-national-survey-on-drug-use-and-health