Denton County and Reacting to Opioid Overdose will host an event recognizing North Texas Overdose Awareness Day on Sunday, announced Precinct 3 Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell.

The event will be held at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square and will start at 6:30 p.m with a theme of “Time to Remember. Time to Act.” It will light up downtown Denton with purple lights.

“The event, which is held annually, sets out to bring awareness to drug overdose across our nation,” said Mitchell. “Last year, over 500 people attended the event to rally together in awareness and recognize the loss of loved ones to this addiction.”

It is estimated that over 80,000 deaths occurred in the U.S. in 2024 due to drug overdose, which is a reduction from 2023. Over half of those deaths were related to opioids,

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