Bill Title: To designate October 2014 as "Start Talking Month."
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-10 - To Medicaid, Health & Human Services
[SCR39 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-SCR39-Introduced.html
As Introduced 130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Eklund, Lehner, Hughes, Brown, Manning, Patton, Hite, Beagle, Oelslager, Widener
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To designate October 2014 as "Start Talking Month." | 1 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING): WHEREAS, Drug and alcohol abuse and dependence constitute a | 2 |
widespread epidemic in the United States that afflicts 23 million | 3 |
Americans, 11 million of whom are between the ages of 12 and 29; | 4 |
and | 5 |
WHEREAS, Drug overdose has become the leading cause of | 6 |
accidental death in Ohio, surpassing traffic accidents; and | 7 |
WHEREAS, Nine out of ten people who meet the medical criteria | 8 |
for drug or alcohol abuse or dependence started smoking, drinking, | 9 |
or using other drugs before the age of 18; and | 10 |
WHEREAS, By the eighth grade, 28 per cent of adolescents have | 11 |
consumed alcohol, 15 per cent have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5 per | 12 |
cent have used marihuana; and | 13 |
WHEREAS, A majority of substance-free adolescents credit | 14 |
their parents for the decision not to use illegal substances, and | 15 |
school leaders can have a similar influence; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, Children who learn about the risks of drugs through | 17 |
discussions at home are up to 50 per cent less likely to use | 18 |
drugs, yet only 37 per cent of children have those discussions | 19 |
with their parents; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, Governor John Kasich and First Lady Karen Kasich | 21 |
have launched Start Talking! to give parents, guardians, | 22 |
educators, and community leaders the tools to start the | 23 |
conversation with Ohio's youth about the importance of living | 24 |
healthy, drug-free lives; now therefore be it | 25 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 26 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, designate | 27 |
October 2014 as "Start Talking Month"; and be it further | 28 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 29 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Governor and to the | 30 |
news media of Ohio. | 31 |