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PROCLAMATION
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
MARCH 2025
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), 112,000 drug overdose deaths occurred
nationally in 2023, 73,765 were from opioids and 176 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 struggle with opioid use disorder (OUD);
and
WHEREAS, in 2023, 407 emergency department visits related to any opioid overdose and 127 opioid overdose
hospitalizations 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 2025 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 461 day of March 2025.
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NEWELL ARNERICH, VICE MAYOR
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MARK BELOTZ, COiINCIL ER
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