[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1580 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1580

 Raising the awareness of the need to secure prescription medications 
and expressing support for designation of September 10 as National Lock 
                             Your Meds Day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

  Mr. Roe of Tennessee submitted the following resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Raising the awareness of the need to secure prescription medications 
and expressing support for designation of September 10 as National Lock 
                             Your Meds Day.

Whereas prescription drug abuse is a serious and growing public health concern 
        in the United States with little public awareness;
Whereas many people in the United States hold the dangerous misconception that 
        prescription medications are safe because they are legal;
Whereas 2,500,000 people in the United States began using prescription drugs 
        non-medicinally in 2008 alone;
Whereas deaths due to drug overdoses now exceed those due to car accidents in 16 
        States;
Whereas the abuse of prescription medications in this country costs 
        approximately $4,000,000,000 in health care and correctional facility 
        charges annually;
Whereas adolescents and young adults are increasingly finding home medicine 
        cabinets an easy way to illegally access powerful and addictive 
        medications;
Whereas people in the United States are facilitating the abuse of prescriptions 
        by their friends and family members by neglecting to properly secure and 
        track their medications;
Whereas the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) and the National Family 
        Partnership have teamed up together to educate communities nationwide on 
        the dangers of leaving prescription medicines in unsecured locations in 
        their home and are committed to combating the scourge of prescription 
        drug abuse, particularly by adolescents and young adults; and
Whereas September 10 would be an appropriate date to designate as National Lock 
        Your Meds Day: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of National Lock Your Meds 
        Day;
            (2) encourages the President to issue a proclamation 
        calling upon the people of the United States to observe the day 
        with appropriate programs and awareness activities; and
            (3) encourages the National Sheriffs' Association and the 
        National Family Partnership to promote National Lock Your Meds 
        Day, in collaboration with law enforcement and other supporting 
        local agencies, to educate communities about the dangers of 
        unsecured prescription meds as well as an attempt to reduce 
        illegal access to unsecured prescription meds throughout the 
        United States.
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