HomeMy WebLinkAbout031924-06.1
PROCLAMATION
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
MARCH 2024
WHEREAS, March is Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month which highlights that many prescription
drugs can alter a person’s thinking and judgment, and can lead to health risks, including addiction, impaired
driving, infectious disease, and adverse effects on pregnancy; and
WHEREAS, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 106,699 drug overdose deaths occurred
nationally in 2022, 80,411 were from opioids and 183 of those opioid related overdose deaths occurred in Contra
Costa County; and
WHEREAS, anyone who takes prescription opioids can become addicted to them. In fact, as many as one in four
patients receiving long-term opioid therapy in a primary care setting struggles with opioid use disorder (OUD);
and
WHEREAS, in 2022, a total of 21,316 emergency department visits occurred in California that were related to
any opioid overdose and 348 of those visits occurred in Contra Costa County; and
WHEREAS, The National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse (NCAPDA) and the Contra Costa
County Medication Education and Disposal Safety (MEDS) Coalition engages all community members in the
county to participate in Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month activities to raise prescription drug safety
awareness; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, the Town of Danville does hereby declare March 2024 as Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness
Month, and encourages all citizens to participate in prescription drug abuse related prevention programs and
activities; Be it also resolved that the Danville Town Council encourages all community members pledge to,
“Spread the Word… One Pill Can Kill
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands this 19th day of March 2024.
______________________
KAREN STEPPER, MAYOR
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
DAVE FONG, VICE MAYOR NEWELL ARNERICH, COUNCILMEMBER
_________________________________________ __________________________________________
RENEE MORGAN, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT STORER, COUNCILMEMBER