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Proc 10793ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10793

Overdose Awareness Week, 2024

This proclamation designates August 25-31, 2024 as Overdose Awareness Week and August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day. It mourns overdose victims, highlights administration efforts to combat the opioid epidemic through treatment expansion, border enforcement, and international cooperation, and calls on citizens and organizations to raise awareness and reduce stigma.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 68769

Impact dates

  1. Overdose Awareness Day / Overdose Awareness Week ends

  2. Overdose Awareness Week begins

Key directives

  • proclaim August 25 through August 31, 2024 as Overdose Awareness Week
  • call upon citizens, government agencies, civil society organizations, health care providers, and research institutions to raise awareness of substance use disorder

Timeline

Immediate

  • August 25-31, 2024 designated as Overdose Awareness Week
  • August 31, 2024 designated as Overdose Awareness Day

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation is primarily commemorative with no binding policy directives or funding mechanisms
  • References to past and ongoing administration actions are descriptive rather than creating new obligations
  • Fiscal Year 2025 Budget request mentioned is not guaranteed congressional action
Proclamation 10793: Overdose Awareness Week, 2024 · Executive Orders