PENNSYLVANIA, July 7 - PRINTER'S NO. 991

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

150

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY KANE, KEARNEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, BROWNE, HUGHES,

FONTANA, MUTH, STEFANO, YUDICHAK, STREET AND COMITTA,

JULY 7, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JULY 7, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating August 31, 2021, as "Overdose Awareness Day" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by

compulsive or difficult-to-control drug use despite harmful

consequences; and

WHEREAS, Drug addiction is seen by both the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization

as a fast-growing epidemic that can all too easily lead to

overdose and death; and

WHEREAS, In 2019, 70,630 individuals died from drug overdoses

in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention; and

WHEREAS, In Pennsylvania alone, in 2019, 4,458 people died

from drug overdoses, according to the Pennsylvania Department of

Health; and

WHEREAS, For every drug overdose that results in death there

are many more nonfatal overdoses, each taking an emotional and

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