Louisville Metro Government - File #: R-021-15

• File #: R-021-15
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/28/2015
• In control: Metro Council
• On agenda: 2/26/2015
• Final action: 2/26/2015
• Title: A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASS LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS TREATMENT FOR HEROIN ADDICTION, EDUCATION, AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING (As Amended).
• Sponsors: Marianne Butler (D-15), Kelly Downard (R-16), Robin Engel (R-22), Cindi Fowler (D-14), Jessica Green (D-1), Bill Hollander (D-9), David James (D-6), Dan Johnson (D-21), Angela Leet (R-7), Tom Owen (D-8), Marilyn Parker (R-18), James Peden (R-23), Barbara Shanklin (D-2), Glen Stuckel (R-17), Vicki Aubrey Welch (D-13), David Yates (D-25), Stuart Benson (R-20), Rick Blackwell (D-12), Julie Denton (R-19), Madonna Flood (D-24), Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D-5), Mary C. Woolridge (D-3), Steve Magre (D-10), Kevin Kramer (R-11), Brent Ackerson (D-26), David Tandy (D-4)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/26/2015	2	Metro Council	adopted
2/26/2015	2	Metro Council	amended	Pass
2/26/2015	2	Metro Council	adopted as amended	Pass
2/18/2015	1	Public Safety Committee	recommended for approval
2/18/2015	1	Public Safety Committee	amended	Pass
2/18/2015	1	Public Safety Committee	approved as amended and sent to the Metro Council	Pass

RESOLUTION NO. _____, SERIES 2015
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A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASS LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS TREATMENT FOR HEROIN ADDICTION, EDUCATION, AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING (As Amended).
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Sponsored By: Council Members Parker, Aubrey Welch, Fowler, Owen, Shanklin, Green, James, Butler, Johnson, Downard, Engel, Leet, Peden, Stuckel, Yates, Hollander, Flood, Woolridge, Bryant Hamilton, Blackwell, Benson, Denton, Magre, Kramer, Ackerson and President Tandy

WHEREAS, heroin is an addictive and often lethal narcotic derived from morphine, known on the street as Black Tar, Big H. Dog, Horse, and Puppy Chow, that can be injected, smoked, or snorted; and

WHEREAS, the use of, addiction to, and deaths occurring by heroin overdose have dramatically increased in Kentucky in recent years due to a population of drug users who have switched to Heroin as the drug of choice as OxyContin and Opana have become more expensive and harder to obtain; and
WHEREAS, most recent data collected and published by the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy reveals that autopsied overdose deaths, show an increase from 146 deaths in 2012 to 230 deaths in 2013; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County had the most overdose deaths from heroin of any county with 105 heroin deaths, as part of the cumulative 191 total drug overdose deaths occurring in Jefferson County in 2013.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (THE COUNCIL) AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1: Encourage the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that would increase funding for substance abuse and rehabilitation programs in county jails and at community mental health centers. and community based providers.
SECTION 2: Encourage the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that would increase access to and availability of life-saving drugs such as Naloxone that reverse the effects of an overdose.
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