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23-5303
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/20/2023 | approve | Pass |
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23-4385
| 1 | | Quarter 3 Report CCDPH | Report | REPORT
Department: Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH)
Report Title: CCDPH Quarterly Report
Report Period: Q3 2023
Summary: Sexually Transmitted Infections Program and update on youth tobacco control. | approve | Pass |
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23-5053
| 1 | | PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA
WHEREAS, according to Websters Dictionary trauma can be the result of serious bodily injury or an abnormal psychological or behavioral response resulting from severe mental or emotional stress; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention maintain that the leading cause of injury related death in the United States is by drug overdose. The majority of overdose deaths involve opioids. Deaths involving synthetic opioids such as illicitly manufactured fentanyl and stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine, have increased in recent years. In addition, overdose deaths accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, more than one million people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. In 2021, 106,699 involved drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. Prescription and illegal opioids are the main driver of drug overdose deaths. Nearly 88% of opioid-involved overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids. Opioids were involved in 80,411 overdose deaths in 2021 which is 75.4% o | recommend for approval | Pass |
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