Backup Documents 11/09/2010 Item # 4E4E i ;
PROCLAMA TION
WHEREAS, juvenile drug use in the United States has increased significantly between
2008 and 2009 - with 1 in 10 youth ages 12 -17 reporting drug use in the
last month; and,
WHEREAS, the troubling increases in youth drug use in America has prompted a
renewed focus on substance abuse prevention throughout the nation, and
WHEREAS, National Drug Facts Week is sponsored by the National Institute of Drug
Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, to encourage teens and the
community to ask questions about drugs and drug abuse and receive
scientifically based facts and answers in return; and
WHEREAS, National Drug Facts Week celebrates the efforts of national and
community organizations working with teens and adults to encourage this
conversation about drugs and drug abuse, and
WHEREAS, Drug Free Collier is a coalition working to save and change lives by
educating the community and promoting juvenile substance abuse
prevention.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, that November 8, 2010 through November 14, 2010, be
designated as
NATIONAL DRU6 FACTS WEEK
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 9th Day of November, 2010.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
FRED COYLE,
ATTEST.•