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Celebrating Recovery Month
Left: Rockville City Hall glows purple for Recovery Month rockvillemd.gov/rockvillegoespurple
Celebrating Recovery Month
Left: Rockville City Hall glows purple for Recovery Month rockvillemd.gov/rockvillegoespurple
Learn what you need to know at the Family Forum on Fentanyl
Students may not even be aware that they are taking a counterfeit pill that is poisoned with fentanyl which can be found in most any illicit substance now. That fact makes it more important than ever to have frequent and frank conversations about even experimenting with any substance. The latest data from SAMHSA demonstrates just how prevalent youth substance use is and how much more work we have to do. You can read more here (the link is case sensitive): shorturl.at/agAEJ
Montgomery Goes Purple is partnering with MCPS, and many other community partners to host the Family Forum on Fentanyl on January 28th. We are grateful for the help of MCPS Chief Health Officer Dr. Patricia Kapunan and her staff, along with DHHS Prevention and Harm Reduction and other community partners for their help to ensure that every Montgomery County family gets this lifesaving information .
Please read message on fentanyl from Dr. Kapunan, and & watch this video about the forum.
Dr. Kapunan's letter on fentanyl and family action needed:
December 9, 2022 Community Message
Family Forum on Fentanyl video: https://youtu.be/wFHoAL_XUl8
RSVP to attend in person at the event below or watch the livestream (link coming soon).
Supporting MGP at the 2022 kickoff event. Stephanie Iszard, Dr. Pariticia Kapunan, Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight, then BOE President Brenda Wolff, MGP Lead Laura Mitchell, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy.
Then Council President Gabe Albornoz and County Executive present a proclamation to Laura Mitchell.
Rockville City Councilmember Beryl Feinberg, Board of Education Member Julie Yang, and County Councilmember Sidney Katz at Montgomery Goes Purple Kickoff 2022.
Delegate Jared Solomon and Laura Mitchell.
Additional Resources and References
How you talk about substance use and persons with substance use and mental health disorders will impact how they feel about themselves and whether they are "worthy" of treatment, and their willingness to reach out to you for help. Keep an open mind and be kind.
•Shatterproof – Change Your Language, video & downloadable Addiction Language Guide
•NIDA’s Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction
Free Narcan Training
Montgomery County Prevention and Harm Reduction offers free training for Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal medication.
Home medicine cabinets are often the first access to opioids and other drugs for youth. The safest thing to do is remove unused medications from your home by taking them to a drug take back event or to a drop box at any Montgomery County Police station, any time, any day of the year.
Never flush or dispose of medications in the trash.
Our volunteers are amazing! We are all people with lived experience working to celebrate, support and sustain stigma free recovery year-round. "Each September, Recovery Month works to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible.
Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery from substance use and mental health, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease."
Montgomery Goes Purple is hosting their 7th Overdose Awareness Ceremony which will be held in Downtown Rockville. Recovery Month is an international observance to celebrate recovery and encourage individuals with a mental health or substance use disorder to seek recovery. This event is meant to reduce the negative stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorder, and promote treatment along with recovery. Over 107,622 lives were lost to substance use disorder in 2021, and our goal is to raise awareness and encourage people to reach out for help.
Recovery Month, prevention and recovery focused events and activities will continue throughout September. Your generous donation will help us to reach more students and adults in September and all year long.
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