International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) Flag Planting and Memorial
Date: 31/08/2023
Time: 07:30 am
Location: Liberty Mall on the Boston Common, across from the State House
Public/Private: Public
Individual/Organisation: Organisation
Name of Organisation: Massachusetts Department of Public Health/ Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Boston Office of Recovery Services, and Boston Medical Center.
Contact: Jen Miller
Phone:
Email: Jennifer.Miller2@mass.gov
Web:
Time: 07:30 am
Location: Liberty Mall on the Boston Common, across from the State House
Public/Private: Public
Individual/Organisation: Organisation
Name of Organisation: Massachusetts Department of Public Health/ Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Boston Office of Recovery Services, and Boston Medical Center.
Contact: Jen Miller
Phone:
Email: Jennifer.Miller2@mass.gov
Web:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health/ Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Boston Office of Recovery Services, and Boston Medical Center will be installing a public display of over 22,000 purple flags at the Boston Common in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) on Thursday, August 31st. The flags will serve in solemn remembrance of the 20,000 lives lost in Massachusetts to overdose between 2011-2021. An additional 2,357 lavender flags will represent that many overdose deaths in the Commonwealth during 2022.