PROCLAMATION

•	Methamphetamine (meth) use and production is growing in epidemic proportions in the City of Ashland, and is a highly addictive, synthetic stimulant made from a mixture of easily acquired chemicals.
•	In one way or another, the methamphetamine epidemic has a direct impact on every citizen of this City; increased costs associated with drug use, addiction, chemical clean up, increased work for law enforcement and social workers, overcrowded jails, increased domestic violence and physical abuse, shattered marriages, lost jobs, and devastated and neglected children.
•	Southern Oregon Drug Awareness has invited leading national experts to help the community address the problems of the use and abuse of methamphetamines, and is presenting a one-day Methamphetamine Awareness Conference June 17th, 2004, at the Smullin Center, Oregon.
•	SODA has already gained the support and sponsorship from many local, state and national organizations and businesses: Drugs Don't Work Here: Airport Chevrolet; American Society of Safety Engineers of Southern Oregon; Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association; ACCBO/Addiction Certification Board of Oregon; Genesis Recovery; Medford Fabrication; Oregon Medical Laboratories Drug Free; Boise; Wal-Mart and many others.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Ashland, hereby proclaim June 17, 2004 as:

METHAMPHETAMINE AWARENESS DAY

and urge all citizens to join Southern Oregon Drug Awareness (SODA) in increasing awareness of this hazardous and often times deadly drug by educating themselves on methamphetamines.

Dated this 1st day of June, 2004.

Alan DeBoer, Mayor
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder

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