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Resolutions Adopted at the
67th Annual Conference of Mayors
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 11-15, 1999 |
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CRIMINAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
MID-SIZED CITIES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
METHAMPHETAMINE INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, The U.S. Conference of Mayors has long been concerned about drug abuse and
its impacts on cities of all sizes; and
WHEREAS, in 1997, the Conference sponsored a National Forum on Drug Control in
Washington, DC and released a National Action Plan to Control Drugs which was
developed by mayors, police chiefs, and prosecutors; and
WHEREAS, the National Action Plan to Control Drugs called for immediate
action on the growing concern of methamphetamine, a drug which is being manufactured in
Mexico and in the United States using ingredients which are readily available and sold in
grocery stores, with instructions for making it available on the Internet; and
WHEREAS, clandestine labs that are used to manufacture methamphetamine pose an
environmental and safety hazard, as toxic wastes are frequently dumped on the ground or
into waterways; and
WHEREAS, methamphetamine use is a rapidly expanding problem in western states,
in mid-sized cities and rural communities, and is now spreading east and to larger
communities; and
WHEREAS, mid-sized cities and rural communities are often vulnerable and ill
equipped to address this threat; and
WHEREAS, The U.S. Conference of Mayors sponsored a Mid-Sized Cities and Rural
Communities Substance Abuse/Methamphetamine Work Session in Boise on May 17-18, 1999 at
which federal, state and local experts on prevention, treatment and interdiction of
methamphetamine and rural substance abuse worked on a comprehensive methamphetamine
initiative, which will be refined in the coming months,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The U.S. Conference of Mayors continues to
support the need for a Mid-Sized Cities and Rural Communities Methamphetamine Initiative
to develop prevention, treatment and interdiction strategies for methamphetamine, which
can then be applied to cities of all sizes as the methamphetamine crisis spreads across
the nation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Administration and Congress support a
comprehensive effort to fight the growing problem of methamphetamine.
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