Recognizing Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia for their work during National Recovery Month.

Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia is a traveling bus tour that is crossing the State of Georgia throughout the month of September to promote addiction recovery.

From 2019 to 2021, drug overdose deaths in Georgia increased by 55.9 percent. Over 800,000 Georgians are living in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder.

Georgia is simply a snapshot of a nationwide epidemic that affects countless lives, families, and communities each year.

This engaging and uplifting bus tour is designed to bring together Georgia policymakers, local officials, and the 800,000 recovering Georgians.

I thank Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia for bringing Georgians together to celebrate recovery and for educating them on what resources are available to them.

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