IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 267
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the citizens of
the United States must remain committed to combat the distribution,
sale, and use of illegal drugs by the Nation’s youth.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 9, 1997
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. HASTERT, Mr.
BARRETT of Nebraska, Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington, Mr. WATTS
of Oklahoma, Mr. REDMOND, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. HYDE, Mr. RILEY,
Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SUNUNU, and Mr. HUTCHINSON) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
the citizens of the United States must remain committed
to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs
by the Nation’s youth.
Whereas recently revealed statistics demonstrate that Amer-
ica is not winning the battle to keep young Americans
drug-free;
Whereas the results of these studies show that 29 percent of
high school students state that a student in their school
died from a drug-related or an alcohol-related incident in
the last year;
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Whereas 76 percent of high school students and 46 percent
of middle school students claim drugs are kept, used, or
sold on their school grounds;
Whereas studies show that 66 percent of high school students
claim they can buy drugs within 1 day and 44 percent
claim they can buy drugs within 1 hour or less;
Whereas it is reported that the use of heroin is increasing
and that 90 percent of new heroin users are under 26
years old;
Whereas the use of drugs at a young age dramatically in-
creases the risk of failure to complete high school, in-
creases the likelihood of committing crimes, and reduces
future prospects in education, athletics, and careers;
Whereas it is known that safe, drug-free, and orderly class-
rooms are key to an effective learning environment;
Whereas parental involvement in education is critical to a
healthy learning environment;
Whereas violent crime rates across the United States have
declined due to strong parental involvement and coopera-
tion among local, State, and Federal law enforcement
agencies;
Whereas the same unified effort and commitment are needed
to fight drugs in our schools, playgrounds, and commu-
nities; and
Whereas Congress has the unique ability to provide leader-
ship on this issue by raising awareness of the dangers of
drugs in schools in every community across this great
Nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) all schools should be drug-free;
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(2) the distribution, sale, and use of illegal
drugs in the Nation’s schools is unacceptable;
(3) all Federal, State, and local drug fighting
agencies should work together with schools and par-
ents to ensure that a renewed effort is made to fight
the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs in our
schools and to America’s youth;
(4) all governmental leaders and parents share
a role in raising the awareness of this issue and of-
fering constructive alternatives to illegal drug use;
and
(5) Congress and the President should set a
goal to end the distribution, sale, and use of illegal
drugs in the Nation’s schools by the year 2000 and,
work with local communities and parents to imple-
ment meaningful policies to achieve this goal.
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