PRINTER'S NO. 4194
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
956
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KEEFER, BURNS, DONATUCCI, RYAN, TOEPEL, MOUL,
ZABEL, HANBIDGE, BROWN, KAUFFMAN, HOHENSTEIN, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, MACKENZIE, FREEMAN, SCHMITT, HILL-EVANS, LONGIETTI,
MILLARD, PASHINSKI, SONNEY, McNEILL, SANCHEZ, ZIMMERMAN,
NEILSON, STRUZZI AND HICKERNELL, JULY 30, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 30, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing August 31, 2020, as "International Overdose
Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Addiction is a medical disease resulting from
substance use disorder; and
WHEREAS, "International Overdose Awareness Day" aims to raise
awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related
deaths; and
WHEREAS, Recognizing "International Overdose Awareness Day"
acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering
individuals who have died or suffered permanent injury as a
result of a drug overdose; and
WHEREAS, In 2018, 4,491 overdose deaths occurred in this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 12 people died of drug-related
overdoses each day in 2018 in this Commonwealth, with thousands
more affected by addiction either personally or through family,
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