(A) The month of May is designated as “Substance Abuse Awareness and Education Month.” The first Friday of May is designated as “Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness and Education Day.”

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(B) The thirty-first day of August is designated as “Ohio Overdose Awareness Day” to raise public awareness of the epidemic and to remember the lives lost to the epidemic. On the thirty-first day of August, in recognition of Ohio Overdose Awareness Day, a state flag displayed at a state building or public institution shall be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset.

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