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Office of the Mayor <br />WHEREAS,National Drug and Alcohol Facts Weekis sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse <br />(NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutesof <br />Health, in accordance with other federal and private partner organizations, to encourage teens to ask <br />questions about drugs, drug abuse, alcohol, and alcoholism, and receive scientifically based facts and <br />answers in return; and <br />WHEREAS,National Drug and Alcohol Facts Weekoccurseachwinter to providehigh school students the <br />opportunity to communicate withthe nin these fields, without judgement or bias; and <br />WHEREAS, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Weekis a celebration of the inquisitive minds of teenagers and <br />celebrates the efforts of national and community organizations working with teens; and <br />WHEREAS,the NIDA and NIDAA stimulateand <br />alcohol and alcoholismand can offer science as a key element of national and community conversations; and <br />WHEREAS,we are pleased this evening to recognize the Southeast Harris Community Coalition of Bay Area <br />Council on Drugs and Alcoholand the Youth Advisory CouncilViolaDeWalt High <br />School forparticipating in efforts to educate students on these important issues. <br />NOW, THEREFORE,I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor, do hereby proclaim March 22-26, 2021, as <br />NationalDrugandAlcoholFactsWeek <br />In Witness Whereof:I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed hereto, <br />nd <br />this the 22day of March, 2021. <br /> <br />