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          Date of Hearing:   April 10, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                    ACR 83 (Buchanan) - As Amended:  April 8, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Alcohol Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims the month of April 2014 as Alcohol  
          Awareness Month in California, and calls upon all citizens,  
          parents, governmental agencies, public, and private  
          institutions, businesses, hospitals, schools, and colleges in  
          California to support efforts that will reduce stigma, increase  
          community awareness, and increase support for individuals and  
          families coping with alcoholism.  Specifically,  this resolution   
          makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the  
            United States; and, one in every 12 adults in the United  
            States suffers from alcohol abuse or dependence.

          2)Nationwide, 100,000 persons die each year from alcohol-related  
            causes, including, but not limited to, drinking and driving  
            crashes, other accidents, falls, fires, alcohol-related  
            homicides, and suicides.

          3)Alcohol-related problems cost the United States $224 billion  
            in lost productivity, absenteeism, health care costs, crime,  
            and family-related problems; and, in 2010, underage drinking  
            cost California and its citizens $6.8 billion, including  
            medical care and lost time at work.

          4)The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.  
            Alcohol Awareness Month, held every April, increases public  
            awareness and understandings aimed at reducing the stigma  
            associated with alcoholism that too often prevents individuals  
            and families from seeking help.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          San Ramon Valley Alcohol Policy Coalition








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           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800