PENNSYLVANIA, July 7 - PRINTER'S NO. 986

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

149

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY KANE, BARTOLOTTA, TARTAGLIONE, BROWNE, KEARNEY,

HUGHES, FONTANA, SAVAL, COMITTA, PITTMAN, SANTARSIERO,

YUDICHAK, SCHWANK, COSTA, STREET, COLLETT, MENSCH, MASTRIANO

AND J. WARD, JULY 7, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JULY 7, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating the week of July 26 through 30, 2021, as

"Construction Opioids Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Opioids are deadly and are responsible for claiming

approximately 450,000 American lives between 1999 and 2017; and

WHEREAS, In 2018 alone, there were 67,367 deaths involving

opioids; and

WHEREAS, In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted daily life

and harmed those with substance-use disorder, leading to a 38%

increase in opioid deaths; and

WHEREAS, While Pennsylvanians are still recovering from 2020

and the COVID-19 pandemic is still sweeping across our country,

now is not the time to forget about the opioid epidemic; and

WHEREAS, The Governor has declared the epidemic of heroin and

opioid addiction to be a Statewide disaster emergency; and

WHEREAS, The construction industry, which involves physically

demanding labor and employs an aging workforce, has been

particularly vulnerable to the opioid epidemic; and

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