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15-5805
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 7/29/2015 | approve | Pass |
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15-5253
| 1 | | ESTABLISHING A JOINT COOK-CHICAGO TASK FORCE AGAINST HEROIN | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING A JOINT COOK-CHICAGO TASK FORCE AGAINST HEROIN
WHEREAS, The County of Cook is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and,
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and,
WHEREAS, Pursuant to their home rule powers, both the County of Cook and the City of Chicago may exercise any power and perform any function relating to their governments and affairs, including the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and,
WHEREAS, the President of Cook County Board and the Cook County Board of Commissioners hereby find that Cook County must take immediate action to address the heroin crisis in Cook County; and,
WHEREAS, Heroin-related overdose deaths have quadrupled in the United States in the past decade; and,
WHEREAS, Nationwide, the number of people who admitted using heroin within the past year nearly doubled between 2007 and 2013 to 681,000; | recommend for approval as amended | Pass |
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