[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 257 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 257

  Expressing the sense of the Senate that October 15, 1998, should be 
        designated as ``National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 1998

  Mr. Murkowski (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Daschle, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. 
Helms, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Biden, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
  Torricelli, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Inouye) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate that October 15, 1998, should be 
        designated as ``National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day''.

Whereas inhalant abuse is nearing epidemic proportions with over 20 percent of 
        all students admitting to experimenting with inhalants by the time they 
        graduate from high school and only 4 percent of parents suspecting their 
        children of inhalant use;
Whereas according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, inhalant use ranks 
        third behind use of alcohol and tobacco for all youths through the 
        eighth grade;
Whereas the over 1,000 products that are being inhaled to get high are legal, 
        inexpensive, and found in nearly every home and every corner market;
Whereas using inhalants even once can lead to kidney failure, brain damage, and 
        even death;
Whereas inhalants are considered a gateway drug, one that leads to the use of 
        harder, more deadly drugs; and
Whereas because inhalant use is difficult to detect, the products used are 
        accessible and affordable, and abuse is so common, increased education 
        of young people and their parents regarding the dangers of inhalants is 
        an important step in our battle against drug abuse: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the Senate that October 15, 1998, 
        should be designated as ``National Inhalant Abuse Awareness 
        Day'', to be observed with appropriate activities; and
            (2) the Senate requests that the President issue a 
        proclamation designating October 15, 1998, as ``National 
        Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day''.
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