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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Heroin addiction continues to be a serious and |
| 3 | | deadly problem in the State of Illinois; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Heroin accounts for one-quarter of substance |
| 5 | | related treatment admissions in Illinois; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 4% of youths reported using heroin in 2013; |
| 7 | | and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, 681 deaths were caused by heroin overdoses in |
| 9 | | 2014; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois still heavily relies on the 12-step |
| 11 | | program to address heroin and over 300
other types of |
| 12 | | addictions; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Study after study has proven that 12-step programs |
| 14 | | have a poor success rate of only between
5% and 10%; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Twelve-step programs have a dropout rate of 95% |
| 16 | | after one year in the program; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Treatment models using behavioral science have |
| 18 | | shown a great deal of promise in many
medical and mental health |
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| 1 | | circles; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Countless loved ones have had to endure the pain |
| 3 | | and heartache associated with heroin
addiction; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, With 12-step programs having such low success |
| 5 | | rates action must be taken to save lives from
heroin and other |
| 6 | | addictions; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, A new treatment method that meets the needs of the |
| 8 | | addicted and that uses
a behavioral methodology to better |
| 9 | | foster heroin addiction recovery is urgently needed; |
| 10 | | therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 13 | | encourage the Illinois Department of Human Services to
address |
| 14 | | heroin addiction and implement new addiction protocols that |
| 15 | | meet the needs of the addicted
in Illinois; and be it further
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, That we designate November 4, 2016 as Heroin |
| 17 | | Addiction Awareness Day in the State of Illinois; and be it |
| 18 | | further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to Governor Rauner, Secretary-designate of the |