Memorial wall in Carson City illustrates state's opioid overdose deaths
A new display in front of the capitol in Carson City is designed to bring awareness to the opioid crisis across Nevada and the nation.
“Friday is International Overdose Awareness Day,” explained Samantha Szoyka, the youth program coordinator for Partnership Carson City. “We wanted to educate the community about this crucial issue. We want to teach people how to be smart when taking opioids and how to avoid overdose.”
Szoyka erected the Opioid Memorial Wall on Wednesday. It is made up of of two 8-by-4-foot pieces of plywood with empty pill bottles attached.
“Each of the 408 pill bottles represent one of the deaths from opioid overdose in Nevada in 2016,” Szoyka said. “It will be on the front lawn of the Capitol, on the corner of Carson and Musser streets.”
Each of the pill bottles features a statistic or quote to raise awareness of the opioid epidemic.
Some facts include: “In 2016, more than 42,000 people in America died of and opioid overdose,” and “275 million people worldwide take opioids.”
Quotes include, “Judgement can be a death sentence,” and “Overdose death is preventable.”
Learn more at pcccarson.org.
In the Photos: Sam Szoyka, youth program coordinator with Partnership Carson City, works on displays to raise awareness about opioid addiction in Carson City Nev., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The 408 prescription bottles represent the number of Nevadans who died from an opioid overdose in 2016. The display will be in front of the Capitol building on the corner of Carson and Musser streets through Sunday afternoon. Photos by Cathleen Allison, Nevada Momentum.
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