PRINTER'S NO. 2640
No. 450 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOBACK,
BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CIVERA, COHEN,
CREIGHTON, DALLY, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK,
GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, KILLION, MAJOR, MANTZ,
McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MOYER, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PERZEL,
PHILLIPS, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STERN, R. STEVENSON,
SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, KOTIK, PAYNE,
MAHONEY, BEAR AND D. O'BRIEN, OCTOBER 16, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 16, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of October 2007 as "Underage Drinking
2 Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, More youth in the United States drink alcohol than
4 smoke tobacco or marijuana, making it the drug most used by
5 young people; and
6 WHEREAS, Each day, more than 5,400 children in the United
7 States under 16 years of age take their first drink; and
8 WHEREAS, More than 60% of eighth graders and 80% of tenth
9 graders who were surveyed claim that it is fairly easy or very
10 easy to obtain alcohol; and
11 WHEREAS, One in six eighth graders is a current drinker; and
12 WHEREAS, One in five youth, ages 12 to 20, has been involved
13 in binge drinking (five or more drinks on one occasion); and
1 WHEREAS, Each day, an estimated three teens in the United
2 States die from drinking and driving; and
3 WHEREAS, Each day, at least six more youths under 21 years of
4 age die of nondriving alcohol-related causes, such as homicide,
5 suicide or drowning; and
6 WHEREAS, More than 70,000 college students are victims of
7 alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape each year; and
8 WHEREAS, Recent studies have found that heavy exposure of the
9 adolescent brain to alcohol may interfere with brain
10 development, causing loss of memory and other skills; therefore
11 be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
13 month of October 2007 as "Underage Drinking Awareness Month" in
14 Pennsylvania.
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