[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 55711-55712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20948]



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Part III





The President





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Proclamation 7809--National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 
2004



Proclamation 7810--National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 2004



Proclamation 7811--National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2004



Proclamation 7812--Patriot Day, 2004
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                Proclamation 7809 of September 10, 2004

                
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery 
                Month, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Across our country, millions of Americans suffer from 
                the debilitating effects of alcohol and drug abuse. 
                Substance abuse shatters lives, divides families, and 
                robs people of their promise and potential.

                My Administration is confronting these dangers. We are 
                pursuing an ambitious, focused strategy to cut demand 
                for drugs at home, disrupt supplies abroad, and ensure 
                that citizens living with addiction get the treatment 
                they need. We have made progress in fighting substance 
                abuse, but there is more to do.

                One of the worst decisions our children can make is to 
                endanger their lives and their futures with alcohol or 
                drugs. My Administration is addressing this problem 
                with a strategy of education, treatment, and law 
                enforcement. We also support random student drug 
                testing as a prevention tool. We are seeing the results 
                of all of these efforts, as more of our young people 
                are also choosing to avoid alcohol and drugs. Drug use 
                among youth has declined by 11 percent from 2001 to 
                2003.

                My Administration is committed to expanding the choice 
                of service providers for those struggling with 
                addiction. We recognize the success of faith-based and 
                community approaches in which caring citizens join 
                together to offer alternatives to traditional 
                treatment, helping people change habits by changing 
                their hearts. Through the Access to Recovery 
                initiative, we have provided an additional $100 million 
                in new grants this year to expand options for substance 
                abuse treatment and recovery support services through 
                vouchers, which allow individuals to choose the 
                services that best meet their recovery needs. In my 
                2005 budget, I have proposed doubling funding for this 
                initiative to further expand treatment. In total, I 
                have requested $3.7 billion for drug treatment and 
                research programs for 2005, an increase of about 25 
                percent since 2001.

                The struggle against substance abuse is a community 
                effort, and this month is an opportunity to further 
                raise awareness and support the fight against the 
                destructive cycle of addiction. I call on all Americans 
                to make responsible and healthy choices so that 
                everyone can realize the great promise of our Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim September 2004 as National 
                Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. I call upon 
                the people of the United States to observe this month 
                with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand four, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-ninth.

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