[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 313 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 313
Expressing the sense of the Senate that a National Methamphetamine
Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of
methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the
use of that damaging narcotic.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 15, 2005
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Hagel, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Bayh, Mr. Talent, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Hatch, Mr.
Biden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Schumer ,
Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Feingold, Mr.
Baucus, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Conrad, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Frist) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
May 15, 2006
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that a National Methamphetamine
Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of
methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the
use of that damaging narcotic.
Whereas methamphetamine is a highly addictive, man-made drug that can be
injected, snorted, smoked, or ingested orally, the effects of which
include feelings of euphoria that last for up to 24 hours and psychotic
behavior such as auditory hallucinations, mood disturbances, delusions,
and paranoia, potentially causing the user to experience homicidal or
suicidal thoughts as well as violent behavior and brain damage;
Whereas the number of admissions to treatment in which methamphetamine was the
primary substance of abuse increased exponentially from 20,776 in 1993
to 116,604 in 2003;
Whereas methamphetamine is easily produced in clandestine laboratories, known as
``meth labs'', using a variety of volatile and toxic ingredients
available in stores, and presents a danger to the individual preparing
the methamphetamine, the community surrounding the laboratory, and the
law enforcement personnel who discover the laboratory;
Whereas the Drug Enforcement Administration reports that domestic meth lab
seizures have increased from 7,438 in 1999 to 17,170 in 2004;
Whereas studies have found that methamphetamine use is strongly linked to
identity theft, domestic violence, overall crime rates, child abuse, and
child neglect;
Whereas the National Association of Counties has conducted surveys with law
enforcement and child welfare officials in more than 500 counties, and
found that 87 percent of all law enforcement agencies surveyed reported
increases in methamphetamine-related arrests in recent years, and 40
percent of all the child welfare officials in the survey reported
increased out-of-home placements of children due to methamphetamine use;
Whereas methamphetamine use and production is prevalent around the world;
Whereas approximately 65 percent of the methamphetamine supply in the United
States is trafficked in the form of a finished product from other
countries;
Whereas the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports that more than
30,000,000 people around the world use amphetamine-type stimulants, a
number that eclipses the combined global use of cocaine and heroin;
Whereas methamphetamine and narcotics task forces, judges, prosecutors, defense
attorneys, substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation professionals,
law enforcement officials, researchers, students and educators,
community leaders, parents, and others dedicated to fighting
methamphetamine have a profound influence within their communities; and
Whereas the establishment of a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week would
increase awareness of methamphetamine and educate the public on
effective ways to help prevent methamphetamine use at the international,
Federal, State, and local levels: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be
established to increase awareness of methamphetamine and
educate the public on effective ways to help prevent
methamphetamine use at the international, Federal, State, and
local levels; and
(2) the people of the United States and interested groups
should be encouraged to observe National Methamphetamine
Prevention Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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