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• BOARD OF ,SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark F i nucane l.rlJl ll
Health Services Director Czsta
DATE: April 18, 1989 C�
SUBJECT: Alcohol Awareness Day
RESOLUTION NO. 89/255
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Declare April 24, 1989 Alcohol Awareness Day.
2. Approve asking each citizen to voluntarily abstain from using alcohol on April 24,
1989 in order to:
a. Call attention to the cost and problems alcohol causes Contra Costa County
and its communities;
b. Reflect on the impact of alcohol on the lives of each citizen and their
families;
C. Help create a social climate which supports individuals who choose not to
consume alcoholic beverages.
BACKGROUND:
The use of alcohol in our society has created serious problems for individuals and their
families. The total cost to society of these alcohol-related problems is $120,811,510,000
a year. This is a startling figure .but the high cost is demonstrated by the fact that
33-50 percent of all hospital admissions are alcohol related; . approximately 50 percent
of all traffic fatalities involved use of alcohol; and 48 percent of all convicted crimes
were connected with the use of alcohol (Bureau of Justice statistics). According to a
1987 Gallup Poll , one in every four families suffers from the effects of alcohol abuse.
Further, 60 percent of all child abuse involves the use of alcohol .. Alcohol is the
number one cause of death among youth. The 1987 Alcohol and Health NIAAA Report to
Congress stated that 30 percent of the senior high school students said that most or all
of their friends got drunk at least once a week. In FY 1986-87, 842,215,000 gallons of
alcoholic beverages were consumed by Californians.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE; /A-4tz,
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BIOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATUREISI: p p
ACTION OF BOARD ON — April -18 r 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT' THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES; NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN..
cc: HEALTH SERVICES DEPT. ATTESTED
April 18 , 19.89
. ..AL'COHOL/DRUG; ABUSE/MENTAL HEALTH PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY 'DEPUTM