For the fifth consecutive year, the Massac County Drug Awareness Coalition will host Overdose Awareness Night in Metropolis, Illinois. The August 31 event aims to educate the community about overdose prevention and to remember lives lost to substance abuse.

A crucial budget decision in the Missouri House has slashed over half of the state’s overdose reversal medication resources. Addiction advocates warn that fewer supplies of Narcan could impact communities already grappling with high overdose rates.