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MI HR0338
Resolution
Status
Passed
9/28/2010
Primary Sponsor
Lesia Liss
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AI Summary
- Designates November 13, 2010, as American Medicine Chest Challenge Day in Michigan
- Highlights that 2,500 teens on average use prescription drugs to get high for the first time daily, with one in seven teens abusing prescription drugs in the past year
- Notes that 63 percent of teens believe prescription drugs are "much safer" than illegal drugs and 56 percent believe they are easier to obtain than illicit drugs
- Identifies prescription drug abuse as dangerous, capable of causing addiction, seizure, cardiac arrest, and death, and responsible for more overdose deaths than cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines
- Establishes the American Medicine Chest Challenge as a public health initiative to raise awareness about prescription drug abuse dangers and provide community medicine disposal services
Legislative Description
A resolution to declare November 13, 2010, as American Medicine Chest Challenge Day in the state of Michigan.
American Medicine Chest Challenge Day
Last Action
Adopted
9/28/2010
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