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April 16, 2018 (Regular Meeting) Page 3507 (C-2) Cabarrus Health Alliance - 2017 - State of the County Health Report Marcella Beam, Healthy Cabarrus, Cabarrus Health Alliance, Executive Director, presented an overview of the 2017 State of the County Health Report. The report highlights progress made over the last year to improve the health of Cabarrus County residents, specifically around the identified priority needs. (C-3) Proclamation - Cabarrus Prescription Drug Drop Off Week (May 16� - 19th) Marcella Beam, Healthy Cabarrus, Cabarrus Health Alliance, Executive Director, presented a request from the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce and Cabarrus Leadership Class for consideration of a proclamation declaring May 19th - 19th as Cabarrus Prescription Drug Drop Off Week. Chairman Morris read the proclamation aloud. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Honeycutt, seconded by Commissioner Shue and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the proclamation. Proclamation No. 2018-05 PROCLAMATION Cabarrus Prescription Drug Drop Off Week (May 19h - 19th) WHEREAS, the Controlled Substance Reporting System (CSRS) reports that physicians in Cabarrus County prescribed 518,609 controlled substances in 2016, an 188 increase since 2013; and WHEREAS, in 2017, Cabarrus County EMS reported 937 opioid overdoses, representing an increase of 1688 over the 2016 figure of 163 overdoses; and WHEREAS, Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County in 2016, 9.58 of middle school students and 15.19 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 1,9008 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 Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus Class of 2018 has developed a campaign titled: Check Your AN: Check - Collect - Drop, to publicize the week of May 19th - 19th 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 19th - 19th 2018 as: "CABARRUS PRESCRIPTION DRUG DROP-OFF WEEK" in the Cabarrus 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 19th - 19th 2016. ADOPTED this 16th day of April, 2018 /s/ Stephen M. Morris