I hope your holiday season was filled with joy, peace, and warmth. Thank you for your ongoing support of Live Tampa Bay. Our first year has been full of hosting community events to raise awareness of the overdose crisis - as well as the possibility of recovery,...
Before we turn from giving thanks and dive into to the hustle and bustle of the end of the year, I want to take a moment to extend gratitude to all of you engaged in this work. This begins with all of you who have turned personal heartache into a giving heart. Each...
Law enforcement and first responders play an essential role in the fight against opioid overdose deaths. In fact, they save lives every day: data show there are 34 9-1-1 calls a day that lead to successful overdose reversals. That’s 12,449 people a year in the...
I hope this newsletter finds you and your loved one’s safely through the storm. With the threat of high winds and storm surge behind us, I am looking forward to beginning the recovery process. I am eager to clear away the downed branches, empty the fridge, move my...
This month we celebrate Pride. We celebrate the strength in diversity and the joy and mental wellbeing that come from connecting with our authentic selves. Unfortunately, too many cities and states across our nation create less than welcoming and affirming...
What a busy Mental Health Awareness Month! Not only did the DEA recognize May 10th as the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day, but also many of our coalition members did an amazing job of drawing attention to the importance of promoting mental health and...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of the how important mental health is and how common mental health issues are. For our coalition, it is important to acknowledge how many people who have mental health issues develop substance use...
I’d like to thank all of you who were able to attend the Inaugural Leadership Luncheon to End Overdose. Well over 325 leaders gathered to demonstrate our regional commitment to combat the opioid crisis. Echoing the sentiments of our keynote speaker, Pat Geraghty,...
For the past year, the Project Opioid Tampa Bay initiative has been building a foundation. We have compiled research and reports on the impact of the opioid crisis on our region, cultivated a coalition of leaders and stakeholders to guide our work, and created the...
We begin 2022 with new resolve. We kicked off the year with our Joint Strategic Planning Session, bringing together leaders from across the Tampa Bay region to create a roadmap for reducing the number of opioid overdose deaths by the end of 2025. As we look over...
As we close 2021, we feel the weight of what we know about the opioid crisis, but we also feel gratitude and hopeful for our work in the coming year. We know that the U.S. exceeded 100,000 overdose deaths this year for the first time in history. That the number of...
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