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Flags decorated McCosh park in Moses Lake for National Overdose Day. The 254 purple flags represented locals saved from overdose and the 108 whote flags represented those lost to an overdose from 2018 to 2022.

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MOSES LAKE – Purple and white flags decorated the lawn at McCosh park Saturday for National Overdose Awareness Day. The purple flags represent the 254 lives saved from an overdose and the 108 lives lost to overdose, from 2018 to 2022 in Grant County. The statistics come from reports to the Grant County Health District, according to Mariah DeLeon, the organizer of the event.