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PROCLAMATION Cabarrus Prescription Drug Drop Off Week (May 14h — 191h) WHEREAS, the Controlled Substance Reporting System (CSRS) reports that physicians in Cabanus County prescribed 518,604 controlled substances in 2016, an 18% increase since 2013; and WHEREAS, in 2017, Cabarrus County EMS reported 437 opioid overdoses, representing an increase of 168% over the 2016 figure of 163 overdoses; and WHEREAS, Cabanus County led the state in Emergency Department admissions, per capita, related to prescription opioid or heroin overdoses in July and August 2017, and remained in the top five for the remainder of the year; and WHEREAS, in Cabanus County in 2016, 4.5 % of middle school students and 15.1% of high school students reported using some type of prescription medication without a doctor's prescription; and WHEREAS, from 1999 to 2016, Cabarrus County experienced a 1,900% increase in opiate poisoning deaths; and WHEREAS, growing awareness of the dangers of prescription drug overdose and misuse have led to broad-based efforts by public, private and non-profit organizations to reduce the number of opioid related overdoses; WHEREAS, the Cabanus Regional Chamber of Commerce Leadership Cabarrus Class of 2018 has worked to highlight the opioid prescription drug problem in Cabarrus County and has partnered with pharmacies in Harrisburg and Mt Pleasant to add new drop boxes for unused prescription drugs in addition the ones currently available in Concord and Kannapolis by law enforcement agencies so our citizens have more places to drop off unused prescription drugs; WHEREAS, the Leadership Cabanus Class of 2018 has developed a campaign titled: Check Your Rx: Check — Collect — Drop, to publicize the week of May 14th — 191h as Cabarrus Prescription Drug Drop -Off Week and is encouraging the public to participate in a county -wide effort to dispose of unused prescription drugs at drop boxes located across the county to help reduce the incidence of prescription drug opioid abuse. NOW THEREFORE, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners do hereby recognize the week of May 14th — 19th 2018 as: "CABARRUS PRESCRIPTION DRUG DROP-OFF WEEK" in the Cabanus County and urge all citizens to drop off unused prescription drugs at one of the designated medication drop boxes in Cabarrus County, with the designation: "Check Your RX — Check — Collect — Drop" during the week of May 14th — 19th 2018. ADOPTED this 16th day of April 2018. Stephen M. Morris, Chairman Cabanus County Board of Commissioners C-3 Page 25