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Rockville City Hall glows purple for Recovery Month www.rockvillemd.gov/rockvillegoespurple

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Celebrating Recovery


Left: Rockville City Hall glows purple for Recovery Month rockvillemd.gov/rockvillegoespurple

International Overdose Awareness Day & Recovery Month Launch


August 29th, 8:30am-12:00 pm  

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PREVENTION & RECOVERY IS FOR EVERYONE: EVERY PERSON. EVERY FAMILY. EVERY COMMUNITY.

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New Resource: Find Treatment by Zip Code

 

Millions of Americans have mental and substance use disorders. Find treatment here.

Welcome to FindTreatment.gov, the confidential and anonymous resource for persons seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.



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Nuevo recurso: Busque tratamiento por código postal

 

Millones de personas que viven en Estados Unidos tienen problemas de salud mental y de uso de sustancias. Encuentre tratamiento aquí.

Bienvenido a FindTreatment.gov, el recurso confidencial y anónimo para personas que buscan tratamiento para problemas de salud mental y de uso de sustancias en los Estados Unidos y sus jurisdicciones.

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Insurance Must Cover Access To Care


    Talk About It! Remember, Your Words Matter.

    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 

    •How does it affect people with SUD? (video)

    •APA Writing Guide - Disabilities

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    About Montgomery Goes Purple, Inc (501(c)3)

    It is our goal to reduce harms and fatalities by reducing stigma, raising awareness, promoting prevention, encouraging harm reduction strategies and reaching out for help, ensuring equitable access to treatment, and supporting recovery.


    In August, Montgomery Goes Purple will host the annual Recovery Month Launch in coordination with the International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD).  


    September is International Recovery Month, and prevention and recovery focused events and activities continue throughout the year. Your generous contributions will help us to reach more students and adults in September and all year long.


    Recovery Month is an international observance to celebrate recovery and encourage individuals with a mental health or substance use disorder to seek recovery. This annual event is meant to reduce the negative stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorders and promote treatment along with recovery. 

     

    Provisional data from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated  69,973 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2025. This marks a nearly 14% decrease from the estimated 81,313 deaths in 2024, representing a decline for the third counscutive year.*  


    These declines prove that what we are doing is making a difference. However, the loss of nearly 70,000 lives shows that more work is still needed. 


    Thank you for your generous support!


    Montgomery Goes Purple, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit


    Donations by check are fee free and can be mailed to: 

    Montgomery Goes Purple, Inc

    25507 Woodfield Rd

    Damascus, MD 20872


    *CDC Press Release, May 12, 2023: U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease for Third Consecutive Year

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    Become a Life Saver

    Free Narcan Training

    Montgomery County Prevention and Harm Reduction offers free training for Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal medication.


     Register for training here. 


    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.  

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    Community Support is Key

    Board of Education

    Montgomery County Leadership

    Montgomery County Leadership

    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.  

    Montgomery County Leadership

    Montgomery County Leadership

    Montgomery County Leadership

    Then Council President Gabe Albornoz and County Executive present a proclamation to Laura Mitchell.

    School, Municipal & County Leadership

    Rockville City Councilmember Beryl Feinberg, Board of Education Member Julie Yang, and County Councilmember Sidney Katz at Montgomery Goes Purple Kickoff 2022.

    MC State Legislature

    Delegate Jared Solomon and Laura Mitchell.  

    GO PURPLE FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH EACH SEPTEMBER

    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." 


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