Full Text of HR0384 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly has worked in a | 3 | | bipartisan manner to address the
growing heroin and opioid | 4 | | crisis throughout the State; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois continues to see a | 6 | | significant increase in the number of drug
overdoses every | 7 | | year; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, According to the Illinois Department of Public | 9 | | Health, the State has a drug overdose
rate of 13.1 residents | 10 | | per 100,000 individuals; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, There were 2,300 drug related deaths in Illinois | 12 | | in 2016, including over 1,800 opioid
related deaths; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago metropolitan area ranks first in | 14 | | mentions of heroin use in emergency
departments in the nation; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois receives millions of dollars | 17 | | every year to help fight drug addiction,
stop drug trafficking, | 18 | | and offer drug treatment; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Local police departments across the State rely on |
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| 1 | | this funding to help keep our
communities safe; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, President Donald Trump's administration has | 3 | | proposed a 95% cut to the Office
of National Drug Control | 4 | | Policy which leads the fight in combating the opioid crisis and | 5 | | other
drug use across the country; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The budget for the Office of National Drug Control | 7 | | and Policy would receive zero
funding for its high-intensity | 8 | | drug trafficking and drug-free communities support programs; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The funding for these programs is essential to | 11 | | efforts to reduce drug use and
keep our communities safe; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | urge President Trump and
Congress to fully fund the programs | 16 | | that will help local law
enforcement address drug trafficking | 17 | | and use in our communities; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | delivered to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Majority | 20 | | Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck | 21 | | Schumer, U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, U.S. House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all members | 2 | | of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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