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MI HR0338

Resolution

Status

Passed

9/28/2010

Primary Sponsor

Lesia Liss

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th Legislature

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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