Full Text of HR0809 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The opioid epidemic is the most significant public | 3 | | health and public safety
crisis in Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people | 5 | | since 2008 and have
now become the leading cause of death | 6 | | nationwide for people under the age of 50; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, According to the United States Drug Enforcement | 8 | | Administration (DEA),
there has been a dramatic increase in the | 9 | | availability of dangerous synthetic opioids and the drug
| 10 | | Fentanyl constitutes a large majority of such synthetic | 11 | | opioids; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Fentanyl is a powerful Schedule II narcotic and | 13 | | can cause serious negative
health effects, including | 14 | | respiratory depression at very low doses and can even be | 15 | | lethal; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, According to the DEA, Fentanyl, including its | 17 | | synthetic forms, has similar
effects on the human body as | 18 | | morphine but is 50-100 times more potent than morphine; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Illicit Fentanyl, Fentanyl-related substances, | 20 | | and other synthetically made
opioids resemble powerful drugs, |
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| 1 | | such as heroin or cocaine and can be found as powder, pills,
| 2 | | capsules, liquid, and on blotted paper; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Fentanyl exposure can occur via injection, oral | 4 | | ingestion, contact with
mucous membranes, inhalation, and | 5 | | through the skin; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Because of its potency and its affinity for | 7 | | absorption into the human body,
synthetic Fentanyl poses a real | 8 | | danger to first responders, public health officials, and law
| 9 | | enforcement; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The DEA has issued warnings that law enforcement's | 11 | | accidental exposure
to synthetic Fentanyl can occur during the | 12 | | execution of search or arrest warrants, the purchase of
| 13 | | Fentanyl during undercover operations, the processing of drug | 14 | | evidence containing Fentanyl or
Fentanyl-related substances, | 15 | | or the processing of non-drug evidence which could be
| 16 | | contaminated with Fentanyl or its analogues; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, It is imperative that law enforcement, public | 18 | | health officials, and first
responders be knowledgeable about | 19 | | the situations in which exposure to Fentanyl or its
analogues | 20 | | can occur and how to prevent such exposure; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, To reduce their exposure to Fentanyl or its |
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public health officials and first | 2 | | responders must follow their applicable standard safe | 3 | | operating procedures and use personal protective equipment to | 4 | | protect themselves from the dangerous effects
of Fentanyl or | 5 | | its analogues; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | urge all first
responders, law enforcement, and public health | 9 | | officials to be educated about the dangers of
exposure to | 10 | | Fentanyl or its analogues; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That we urge all Illinois first responders, law | 12 | | enforcement, and public health
officials to take proper | 13 | | precautions to avoid potential overdose of Fentanyl or its | 14 | | analogues.
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