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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS /\(4 O N
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
Resolution No.93/680
In the Matter of Endorsing )
equal distribution of federal )
anti-drug funds between prevention, )
treatment, and law enforcement )
WHEREAS, the.Federal budget for drug control went from $iS billion in 1980 to $6.7 billion in 1990, with
approximately 65% allocated to law enforcement and only 35% to health measures such as prevention and
treatment; and
WHEREAS,the Attorney General Janet Reno has recently questioned the federal government's emphasis on
"stopping drugs at the borders"; and
WHEREAS,the citizens of the Contra Costa County Substance Abuse Advisory Board and the County Board
of Supervisors recognize that the spending of hundreds of millions of federal dollars has had limited impact
on the flow of illegal drugs in this country; and
WHEREAS, we concur with Senator Joseph Biden's statement that "It is time to reassess the wisdom of
devoting massive resources to the international interdiction effort.-which has received the most significant
funding increases during the past four years,but whose programs have not proven effective!; and
WHEREAS,in spite of tremendous resources allocated to the interdiction of drugs at the national level,drugs
and their associated violence and crime have persisted in our communities;
WHEREAS,we recommend that the community mobilization process implemented in Contra Costa County
through the Partnership Drug Free Contra Costa be used as a model for other communities across the United
States who are struggling with the problems of substance abuse; and
WHEREAS, we commend the use of Family Substance Abuse Agreements as the starting point for all
community efforts and to encourage family and individual responsibility; and
WHEREAS,we urge the Federal Government to provide funding in jurisdictions that incorporate a 3-Pronged
approach (Prevention,Treatment,Law Enforcement) and have mobilized the community to take a pro-active
response to the reduction of alcohol and other drug abuse;
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA,
CALIFORNIA, RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD CONCURS WITH THE COUNTYWIDE PARTNERSHIP
FOR A DRUG FREE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY IN STRONGLY ENDORSING THE EQUAL
DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-DRUG MONIES TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN PREVENTION, TREATMENT,
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT(LOCAL ENFORCEMENT INSTEAD OF INTERDICTION) IN THE EFFORTS
TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEMS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
PASSED by and adopted by unanimous vote of the Board members present on this 9th day of November 1993.
Tom Torlakson, Chair
Tom Powers dayle Bishop
Sunne Wright McPeak
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of said
Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 9tb day of November, 1993.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors.
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Deputy Clerk