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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: February 17, 2022 08:59 AM
From: Senator Joe Pittman
To: All Senate members
Subject: Drugs Kill Dreams Day
 
In the near future, I will introduce a resolution recognizing April 8, 2022, as “Drugs Kill Dreams Day” in Pennsylvania.
 
The Drugs Kill Dreams program was established in 1994 by Armstrong County District Judge, J. Gary DeComo, whose mission is to increase drug and alcohol prevention awareness in schools and communities throughout Western Pennsylvania.  The program is based on the strong belief that if we increase prevention efforts, we will decrease addiction and crimes committed by individuals with an addiction.  The program’s name was created by a local area student (then a fourth grader) who used the slogan “Drugs Kill Dreams” in an anti-drug poster contest.
 
According to research published in the American Journal of Public Health, a proactive approach works to reduce substance abuse among young adults if they are part of a community-based prevention effort while still in middle school.  The study shows significant reduction rates for methamphetamine, prescription drug misuse, marijuana, alcohol, and cigarette and inhalant use.
 
Drugs Kill Dreams, in partnership with the ACMH Hospital Foundation, is one of a number of programs throughout the state that partner with schools, churches, and other community organizations to share education materials and prevention messages to young people.  The goal of these programs is to stop drug and alcohol addiction and abuse before it begins, encouraging adolescents to live healthy, respectful, safe, and responsible lifestyles.
 
Please join me in getting the message of prevention out to young people across the Commonwealth by recognizing April 8, 2022, as “Drugs Kill Dreams Day” here in Pennsylvania.
 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Alex Fefolt, of my staff, at 717-787-8724 or afefolt@pasen.gov.


Introduced as SR243