BILL NUMBER: SR 55	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JANUARY 28, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 14, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bates

                        JANUARY 14, 2016

   Relative to Drug Facts Week


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   WHEREAS, National Drug Facts Week is sponsored by the National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health
in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in accordance
with other federal and private partner organizations to encourage
teens to ask questions about drugs and drug abuse and receive
scientifically based facts and answers in return; and
   WHEREAS, National Drug Facts Week is a celebration of the
developing minds of teenagers and encourages them to ask questions
about drugs and drug abuse and get scientifically based answers,
without judgment or biased comment; and
   WHEREAS, The National Institute on Drug Abuse stimulates most of
the world's research on drug abuse and addiction and can offer
science as a key element of the national and community conversation
about drugs; and
   WHEREAS, National Drug Facts Week celebrates the efforts of
national and community organizations working with teens to encourage
this science based conversation about drugs and drug abuse; and
   WHEREAS, Research shows that children whose parents talk to them
about alcohol and other drugs are 50 percent less likely to use them
than kids who do not have these important conversations at home; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California recognizes the importance of
securing a safe and healthy future for our children and seeks to do
so through education and awareness; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
recognizes the week of January 25 through January 31 as Drug Facts
Week; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.