Loading chat...

CA AR121

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

8/22/2022

Primary Sponsor

Cottie Petrie-Norris

Click for details

Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the week of August 29, 2022, as Overdose Awareness Week in California to commemorate individuals who died from overdose and support those struggling with substance use disorder
  • Notes that over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses during the year ending in April 2021, according to the CDC
  • Reports that California had 5,502 opioid overdose deaths in 2020 and nearly 15 million opioid prescriptions that same year
  • Highlights that fentanyl overdose deaths in California increased 858 percent from 82 deaths in 2012 to 786 deaths in 2018
  • Directs the Assembly Chief Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for distribution

Legislative Description

Relative to Overdose Awareness Week.

Last Action

Read. Adopted.

8/22/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules6/23/2022

Full Bill Text

No bill text available