Bangor community members rally for Overdose Awareness Day [Video]

BANGOR, Maine — Members of the Bangor area and beyond stood together at Pierce Park on Saturday chanting, “No more dead friends, no more dead, no more dead friends!”

The rally was held on International Overdose Awareness Day and was put together by the Maine Recovery Advocacy Project (MERAP), the Needlepoint Sanctuary, the Church of Safe Injection, and the Maine People’s Alliance to give people an opportunity to come together and mourn loved ones who have died from overdoses.

Rally organizers say the event also aimed to raise awareness of an issue that has impacted thousands of families in our state.

“We see it every day in our communities, whether it’s Portland, Bangor, Augusta, or Lewiston, our urban communities, we see people on the side of the road struggling right now,” Organizing Director for MERAP Courtney …