To: Board of Supervisors
From: Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31, 2026
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT recommendation to recognize August 31, 2026, as International Overdose Awareness Day in Contra Costa County; and ADOPT a resolution in recognition to the ongoing prevention efforts led by the Contra Costa County Medication Education and Disposal Safety (MEDS) Coalition, East County MEDS Coalition, National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse (NCAPDA), Behavioral Health and Health Department to raise overdose awareness and promote well-being among Contra Costa residents.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
Once a year, Behavioral Health and its partners acknowledge International Overdose Awareness Day in Contra Costa, to highlight prescription drug safety prevention efforts to increase the safety and well-being of Contra Costa residents.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to adopt this resolution would result in a missed opportunity to elevate awareness, reduce the stigma surrounding substance use disorder and drug-related deaths and recognize ongoing prevention, education, harm reduction, and naloxone access efforts led by the Contra Costa County MEDS Coalition, the East County MEDS Coalition, NCAPDA, Behavioral Health, and the Health Department.
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF Recognizing August 31, 2026, as International Overdose Awareness Day in Contra Costa County
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors does affirm and acknowledge the harm and hardship caused by drug overdose; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that the purpose of International Overdose Awareness Day is to remember loved ones lost to overdose, support those they left behind, and to end the stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) and drug-related deaths...
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