BILL ANALYSIS �
ACR 93
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Date of Hearing: March 20, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
ACR 93 (Buchanan) - As Amended: March 17, 2014
SUBJECT : Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month.
SUMMARY : Proclaims the month of March 2014 as Drug Abuse
Awareness Month in California, and encourages all citizens to
participate in prevention programs and activities and to pledge
to "Spread the Word?One Pill Can Kill." Specifically, this
resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1)In 2010, drug overdoses in the United States caused 38,329
deaths and 22,134 of those deaths were from prescription
drugs; this is more deaths than traffic accidents caused among
people 25 to 64 years of age.
2)In 2011, an estimated 22.5 million Americans 12 years of age
or older used an illicit drug or abused a prescription drug in
the past month; and nonmedical use of prescription painkillers
costs health insurers up to $72.5 billion annually in direct
health care costs.
3)As many as 70 percent of people who abuse prescription drugs
get them from a relative or friend instead of a doctor; and
during the last seven National Prescription Drug Take Back
Days, a total of 3.4 million pounds of medication were removed
from circulation and potential diversion by the Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA) and its state, local, and tribal law
enforcement, and community partners.
4)During the month of March, 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 drug abuse by participating in activities
intended to highlight local efforts and to pledge to "Spread
the Word?One Pill Can Kill."
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
ACR 93
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Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800