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Wall memorializes opioid victims
Death: A Memorial to the Victims of the Opioid Crisis exhibit to Fayetteville in October. Te exhib- it was on display for seven days at the University of Arkansas. Te wall is part of the National Safety Council’s effort to put a face, rather than statis- tics, on the opioid crisis. Te black paneled wall features 22,000 engraved white pills, each bearing the face of an opioid overdose victim. “Te data speak to our head but the individual stories speak to our hearts. Te Prescribed to Death memorial not only brings visitors face to face with this everyday killer, but also encourages actions that will help us eliminate these prevent- able deaths,” Deborah A.P. Hersman, president and CEO of the National Safety Council said in a news release.
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he AAC, Arkansas Municipal League, and other sponsors joined Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to bring the traveling Prescribed to
Top: University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz looks at the Prescribed to Death Wall, which features 22,000 white pills to represent the number of Americans who died due to opioid overdose in 2015. Bottom Left: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Association of Arkansas Counties Executive Director Chris Villines pose for a photograph at the unveiling ceremony. Bottom Right: Andy Agar speaks to attendees and shares the story of how his family lost a son, Jake, to drug addiction.
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