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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          ACR 83 (Buchanan)
          As Amended  April 8, 2014
          Majority vote 

           RULES               7-0                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Brown,      |
          |     |Ch�vez, Gonzalez, Quirk,  |
          |     |Ridley-Thomas             |
          |     |                          |
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           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








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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