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HR0648 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, While Illinois saw a 8.3% decrease in overdose | ||||||
| 3 | deaths in 2023, compared to only a 4% decline on the national | ||||||
| 4 | scale, there were still 3,502 overdose deaths in Illinois in | ||||||
| 5 | 2023, which is 3,502 too many; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, One overdose prevention method that has seen some | ||||||
| 7 | success is prescription drug take-backs, which are events run | ||||||
| 8 | by local communities where residents can turn in unused or | ||||||
| 9 | expired prescription drugs that they have in their homes; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Drug Take-Back | ||||||
| 11 | Act (Public Act 102-1055, HB1780) into law on June 10, 2022; | ||||||
| 12 | and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, From 2024-2025 a number of areas reported success | ||||||
| 14 | with drug take-backs, including Cook County, which collected | ||||||
| 15 | 5,443 pounds of unused medication, and DuPage County, which | ||||||
| 16 | collected 13,470 pounds; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The success that prescription drug take-back | ||||||
| 18 | events have had in lowering the number of overdose deaths in | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois is encouraging for the future; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 2 | we declare June 10, 2026 as Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in | ||||||
| 3 | the State of Illinois. | ||||||