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Fentanyl Awareness

National Fentanyl Awareness Day May 10 2022  


New Vignette Series

  Reimagining Wellness: Preventing Suicide Among Black Boys A four-part vignette series that addresses this acute trend. These short films feature interviews with experts ― a policymaker, school-based mental health program director, senior social impact advisor, and community capacity building manager ― who share their unique perspectives on improving well-being and reducing mental health disparities […]


World TB Day

  World TB Day 2022


Wizards Basketball and Mental Illness

Mental Health Awareness Night at the Wizards Game   The Washington Wizards basketball team will hold a pregame panel on March 16, 2022 about mental health and sports. While advocating to end stigma, they will also provide resources to address mental health. The panel includes: Host: Eric Kussin, founder of #SameHere Global, Dr. Derick Anderson, Wizards […]


#NNHAAD 2021

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – March 20 2022 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – #NNHAAD #StopHIVTogether National Native HIV Network – The 2021 theme is “Zero is Possible Together: Innovation + Awareness.”


#BlackBalloonDay

  Black Balloon Day, March 6 Across the United States, families and loved ones remember and celebrate the lives lost to overdose. This day has become known as Black Balloon Day. Black Balloon Day has become a national and international event, bringing awareness to overdose deaths. As with many things with the opioid epidemic, Black Balloon […]


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Little-known Drugs Add to U.S. Overdose Count

From WTOP, by The Associated Press Two powerful drugs now adding to US overdose crisis Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. Para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene are being seen more often by medical examiners looking into overdose deaths, according to a government report published Thursday. They […]