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PROCLAMATION
2021 PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
WHEREAS, in 2019, in Contra Costa County there were 565,236 opioid prescriptions given to patients
which is an age-adjusted rate of 417.1 per 1,000 residents, higher than the state rate of 400.6; and
WHEREAS, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention data, among the 70,630 drug
overdose deaths nationally in 2019, 49,860 (70.6%) of those deaths involved opioids and 91 of those opioid
related deaths occurred in Contra Costa County; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the “economic burden” of prescription opioid misuse alone in the United
States is $78.5 billion a year, including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and
criminal justice involvement; and
WHEREAS, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days have turned in nearly 13.7 million pounds of
medication since the Fall of 2010 at take-back sites available in all 50 states and U.S. territories. In Contra
Costa County, during the last Prescription Drug Take Back Day in October 2020, 1,366 pounds of unwanted
or unused prescription medication were turned in; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council does hereby declare March 2021 as Prescription Drug Abuse
Awareness Month and encourages all citizens to participate in prescription drug abuse related prevention
programs and activities, and to “Spread the Word…One Pill Can Kill.”
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands this 2nd day of March 2021.
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RENEE S. MORGAN, MAYOR
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NEWELL ARNERICH, VICE MAYOR ROBERT STORER, COUNCILMEMBER
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KAREN G. STEPPER, COUNCILMEMBER DAVID FONG, COUNCILMEMBER