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International Overdose Awareness Day highlights global call to end overdose

# International Overdose Awareness Day today is making a global call to action to end overdose and criminalising drugs. This day is marked as the largest campaign to end overdose, honor the lives of loved ones who have died from overdose, support those in recovery and advocate for prevention. The campaign urges policies that protect human rights, expand access to healthcare, and promote community well-being. Organisers stress that overdose is one of the world’s worst public health crises, requiring urgent collective action.