CHAPTER 877
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT DOVER
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, during
the past
decade the abuse
of
drugs
has
grown from a
local
police problem to a grave threat to the health and
safety
of millions of
Americans;
and Whereas, statistics
tell but part of
the story of tragedy incurred by drug use and abuse;
t
he
effects of drugs
spread
far beyond the
lives
of the victims themselves; and Whereas, the
number
of drug
users,
arrests, and deaths are
increa
s
in
g wit
hin our State despite the enforcement
of
stringent drug
laws; and
Whereas,
public education
is
the
most fea
sib
le
method by which
s
uch
problems and methods
of
their prevention can be brought to the attention
of
each
and
every
Delawarean;
Now,
therefo
re, I, Russell W. Peterson,
Governor of
the
State of
Delaware
,
do hereby proclaim
the
week
of May 24-30,
1970
as
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION WEEK
in Delaware, and
urge
the
public
and private sectors to combine their re
s
ources and efforts to establish meaningful programs for the promotion of
drug
abuse prevention among young people. Further,
I urge
the cooperation
in
this
venture of
all others whose activities interrelate with young
people,
and in particular, I
ask the
cooperation
of
the communications
media
who
can
provide invaluable assistance,
not
'
only
during
this
s
peci
a
l
week but throughout the year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
I, Russell W. Peterson,
Governor
of
the
State of Delaware, have hereunto
set my
hand
and
caused the
Great
Seal of
said State
to
be
hereunto
affixed
at Dover this 20th
day
of May in
the year
of our Lord
one
thousand
nine
hundred
and seventy,
and
of
the Independence of
the
United States
of
America, the one hundred
and
ninety-fourth.
(GREAT SEAL)
RUSSELL W. PETERSON,
Governor
Atte
s
t:
EUGENE
BUNTING, Secretary
of
State