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Vital Strategies collaborates with people with lived experience, practitioners, and researchers to turn lessons from the field into practical resources that can be used anywhere.

In recognition of Overdose Awareness Day, Vital Strategies has created a Spotify playlist to remember and honor beloved musicians who died of overdose.

Vital Strategies interviewed Tracie M. Gardner, Executive Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network, to learn more about the crucial role Black thought leaders play in overdose prevention and her plans for the organization.

Native communities in North Carolina experience the highest rate of fatal overdose in the state but often lack access to crucial funding for prevention and harm reduction services. A new initiative, led by Vital Strategies and partners, aims to facilitate discussions with Tribal leaders on securing a dedicated portion of the state’s opioid settlement funds to address this crisis.

Vital Strategies and Greener Media created an instructional video so viewers can learn to identify the signs of an overdose, how to use naloxone, and how perform rescue breathing.

Vital Strategies Q and A with Erin Russell about findings from the Compassionate Overdose Response Summit.

As 2024 comes to a close, the United States is seeing a decline in overdose deaths for the first time in five years—an estimated 17% decrease through July 2024, the most recent data available. The drop in overdose deaths from the COVID-era spikes is positive news, but far from a victory.

Solutions for preventing overdose deaths must include resources provided directly to the communities who have for so long experienced the discriminatory impacts of a destructive war on drugs.

Every year, communities and organizations around the world recognize International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31 as a time to both honor loved ones who lost their lives to overdose and to raise awareness about the overdose crisis.

"More than 110,000 people in the United States died from overdose in 2022, and mortality rates are now highest in Black and Indigenous communities."