International Overdose Awareness Day will be observed at the end of August.
Senate Joint Resolution 9 was introduced on June 6 and designates Aug. 31, 2025, as International Overdose Awareness Day in Delaware. It requires that state flags be flown at half-staff at all state facilities in observance of the day to affirm the importance of overdose awareness, remember those who have died from overdose and acknowledge the grief experienced from losing a loved one to overdose.
The resolution passed in the Senate on June 12 and in the House on June 25. Gov. Matt Meyer signed the resolution on July 12.
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The day has been recognized internationally since 2001, but Delaware officially designated Aug. 31 as International Overdose Awareness Day in 2021.
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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Flags at half-staff in Delaware to raise awareness about overdose
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