Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 83, No. 173 

Thursday, September 6, 2018 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 9778 of August 31, 2018 

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2018 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

During National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, we reaffirm 

our commitment to addressing the stigma of addiction and take the opportunity to remind all Americans that recovery is possible. We stand with 

those who are seeking treatment and provide our steadfast support to all 

who are suffering from and fighting addiction. 

Addiction to alcohol and other drugs affects millions of Americans. We 

must aggressively work to end this crisis, which endangers the safety, security, and well-being of all Americans. Addiction threatens everything that 

is great about our country—it shatters relationships between family members, 

replaces self-sufficiency with dependency, depletes our workforce of talent, 

and riddles communities with violence and disorder. We cannot stand idle 

and allow those we love to suffer from alcohol or drug addiction; we 

must be leaders and help guide our friends and neighbors to live drugfree. 

Every American has a role to play in stopping alcohol misuse and illicit 

drug use and in addressing their consequences. I am committed to taking 

action to keep drugs from pouring into our country and to help those 

who are affected by them. In March, I announced an Administration-wide 

Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand. 

The Initiative is designed to reduce the demand for drugs through education, 

awareness, and prevention of opioid overprescription; expand access to evidence-based treatment and recovery support services; and cut off the flow 

of illicit drugs across our borders and throughout American communities. 

Further, my Administration has worked with the Congress to secure more 

than $6 billion in new funding to help combat the drug abuse and opioid 

epidemic through prevention, treatment and recovery, interdiction, and law 

enforcement efforts. 

This month, we express our gratitude to our Nation’s first responders, 

healthcare providers, and all family, friends, and advocates striving against 

alcohol and drug addiction. We celebrate the millions of Americans who 

are in recovery and who contribute every day to our efforts to stop drug 

use and addiction. Their experiences and persistence reinforce the value 

and importance of remaining hopeful and resilient when faced with grave 

challenges. Finally, let us encourage all Americans who struggle with addiction to realize that recovery is possible. 

NOW, THERFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2018 

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 thirty-first day 

of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortythird. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19506 

Filed 9–5–18; 11:15 am] 

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