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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 26
Author: Levine (D), et al.
Amended: 3/12/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 3/12/15
SUBJECT: Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims the month of March 2015 as
Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month and encourages all
citizens to actively participate in prevention programs and
activities, and to safely store and dispose of their medications
on a continual basis.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Every day in the United States, 120 people die as a result of
drug overdose, and another 6,748 are treated in emergency
departments for the misuse or abuse of drugs.
2.In 2013, drug overdoses in the United States caused 43,982
deaths and 22,767, or 52%, of those deaths were from
prescription drugs.
3.Nonmedical use of prescription painkillers costs health
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insurers up to $72.5 billion annually in direct health care
costs.
4.Overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers now exceed the
number of deaths from heroin and cocaine combined; and as many
as 70% of people who abuse prescription drugs get them from a
relative or friend instead of a doctor.
5.Families, schools, businesses, faith-based communities, law
enforcement, medical professionals, county and local
governments, health care practitioners, and pharmacists in the
state, and the general public will demonstrate their
commitment to the prevention of prescription medication abuse
by participating in activities intended to highlight local
efforts during the month of March.
This resolution proclaims the month of March 2015 as
Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month and encourages all
citizens to actively participate in prevention programs and
activities, and to safely store and dispose of their medications
on a continual basis.
Prior Legislation
ACR 93 (Buchanan, Resolution Chapter 23, Statutes of 2014)
proclaimed the month of March 2014 as Drug Abuse Awareness Month
in California, and encouraged all citizens to participate in
prevention programs and activities, and to pledge to "Spread the
Word ... One Pill Can Kill."
SCR 8 (DeSaulnier, Resolution Chapter 26, Statutes of 2013)
proclaimed the month of March, each year, as Prescription Drug
Abuse Awareness Month and encouraged all citizens to participate
in prevention programs and activities and to pledge to "Spread
the Word ... One Pill Can Kill."
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
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