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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION 2017-R-09.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION 2017-R-09 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS AND ENSURING SAFE DRUG DISPOSAL; DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COMMISSIONS OF ALL CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE BROWARD COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT, THE BROWARD COUNTY STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, AND THE BROWARD COUNTY FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. On March 1, 2017, Commissioner Iris Siple brought forward an item for discussion and possible action to direct the City Attorney to draft a resolution supporting efforts to curtail the over prescription of opiods and opioid usage.
2. The City Commission of the City of Pembroke Pines, Florida, recognizes that the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic is one of the most urgent law enforcement and public health challenges facing our country.
3 The adoption of Resolution No. 2017-R-09 would support the combined efforts of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Justice Reducing the Number of Opioid Prescriptions.
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