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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Good morning SUOPT Partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please see the video from the County News Center: Purple Flags for Lives Lost and Overdose Awareness.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you Anita for the wonderful video!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The County Administration Center (CAC) will be lit up in purple on August 31 to recognize IOAD.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">VIDEO: 945 Purple Flags Honor 2024 Overdose Victims as San Diego Marks 21% Decrease in Fatalities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Overdose deaths in San Diego County dropped 21 percent in 2024, marking the second year in a row of declining numbers. The fall in the number of fatalities is hopeful news, but
overdose deaths remain high, more than double the number in 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Updated numbers on overdose deaths were shared during a press conference today at the County Administration Center, where 945 purple flags flew representing each person who died
in 2024 from a drug overdose. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For details, visit
<a href="https://www.countynewscenter.com/945-purple-flags-honor-2024-overdose-victims-as-san-diego-marks-21-decrease-in-fatalities/">
County News Center</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Anita Lightfoot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Communications Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Agency Executive Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">SanDiegoCounty.gov</span></a> | <a href="https://www.countynewscenter.com/" target="_blank" title="https://www.countynewscenter.com/"><span style="color:blue">News
Updates</span></a> | <a href="https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/engagement/home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Engage</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">Marla Kingkade</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">San Diego County Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Taskforce</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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