Bill Text: TX SR719 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing September 23, 2023, as Fentanyl Victims Remembrance Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR719 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR719-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Fentanyl Victims Remembrance Day is taking place | ||
| on September 23, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A highly addictive synthetic opioid, fentanyl has | ||
| fueled an alarming increase in overdose deaths, and it has | ||
| impacted communities across the nation, from large metropolitan | ||
| areas to rural counties; among Americans under the age of 50, the | ||
| drug is involved in a greater number of deaths than any other | ||
| cause, proving more lethal than cancer, heart disease, homicide, | ||
| or suicide; as little as two milligrams of fentanyl is a | ||
| potentially deadly dose, especially for individuals who do not | ||
| have a tolerance to opioids; and | ||
| WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and | ||
| Prevention, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl were involved in | ||
| 67 percent of the more than 107,000 drug overdose and drug | ||
| poisoning deaths in the 12-month period ending in January 2022; | ||
| in some cases, the deaths were attributed to fentanyl mixed with | ||
| other substances, and many users were unaware that they were | ||
| taking fentanyl; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each year, September 23 is set aside to honor and | ||
| remember all victims who tragically lost their lives to fentanyl | ||
| poisoning, to encourage support for their loved ones, and to warn | ||
| the public about the dangers posed by the drug; the observance is | ||
| led by fentanyl awareness organizations, community response | ||
| teams, and affected families; and | ||
| WHEREAS, More work remains to be done to assist the | ||
| individuals and communities impacted by fentanyl use, and | ||
| Fentanyl Victims Remembrance Day provides a fitting opportunity | ||
| to affirm our commitment to combatting this deadly drug threat; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize September 23, 2023, as Fentanyl | ||
| Victims Remembrance Day and pay tribute to the memory of all | ||
| those who have died from fentanyl poisoning. | ||
| Menéndez | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 28, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
