This Sunday August 31st marks International Overdose Awareness Day. The theme for 2025 is "one big family, driven by hope", a sentiment thar resonates deeply with our community here at NUAA. On this day we reflect on our shared hope, honour the loved ones we’ve lost to overdose, and come together as a community to further our overdose prevention efforts. 

August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), the world’s largest annual campaign to end accidental overdose.  This year’s theme is ‘Together We Can’.  Against this sentiment of hope and togetherness, the title for ACON’s IAOD event ‘Stories from the Underworld’ seems rather mysterious.