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A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS ALCOHOL
AWARENESS MONTH IN 1996.
WHEREAS, April is declared Alcohol Awareness Month, sponsored by the National
Council on Alcoholism and Drag Dependence.
WHEREAS, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drag Dependence encourages
communities to take a closer look at how alcohol affects young people.
WHEREAS, alcohol abuse is the leading cause of death among youth. This is because
drinking is often linked to fatal car crashes, homicides and suicides.
WHEREAS, youngsters typically try their first alcoholic drink around the age of 13.
WHEREAS, junior high and high school students drink more than a third of all wine
coolers sold in the United States.
WHEREAS, the legal age to purchase alcohol in all 50 states is 21. Yet teens have easy
access to alcoholic beverages in our community. Two thirds of all youth who drink say
they can buy their own beer.
WHEREAS, more than half the students in grades 5 through 12 say that alcohol
advertising encourages them to drink.
THEREFORE, the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville does hereby proclaim
that April 1995 is Alcohol Awareness Month in Jeffersonville, Indiana. As the
Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, we also call upon all citizens,
parents, governmental agencies, public and private institutions, businesses, hospitals and
schools in Clark County to help raise awareness about this critical public health issue and
join us in "drawing the line" to prevent underage drinking.
So be it resolved this
_~_~ day of April, 199g.
Thomas Galligan, Ma~o~
Resolution 9~ R ~
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIl, AS ALCOHOL
AWARENESS MONTH IN 1995.
WHEREAS, April is declared Alcohol Awareness Month, sponsored by the National
Council on Alcoholism and Drag Dependence.
WHEREAS, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drag Dependence encourages
communities to take a closer look at how alcohol affects young people.
WHEREAS, alcohol abuse is the leading cause of death among youth. This is because
drinking is often linked to fatal car crashes, homicides and suicides.
WHEREAS, youngsters typically try their first alcoholic drink around the age of 13.
WHEREAS, junior high and high school students drink more than a third of all wine
coolers sold in the United States.
WHEREAS, the legal age to purchase alcohol in all 50 states is 21. Yet teens have easy
access to alcoholic beverages in our community. Two thirds of all youth who drink say
they can buy their own beer.
WHEREAS, more than half the students in grades 5 through 12 say that alcohol
advertising encourages them to drink.
THEREFORE, the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville does hereby proclaim
that April 1995 is Alcohol Awareness Month in Jeffersonville, Indiana. As the
Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, we also call upon all citizens,
parents, governmental agencies, public and private institutions, businesses, hoSpitals and
schools in Clark County to help raise awareness about this critical public health issue and
join us in "drawing the line" to prevent underage drinking.
So be it resolved this .~day of April, 199&
Thomas Galligan, Ma~y~o~(