To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Declaring April 2024 as Alcohol Awareness Month
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution declaring April 2024 as Alcohol Awareness Month as recommended by the Health Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
See Resolution.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
N/A
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF Recognizing April as Alcohol Awareness Month
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,000 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion in 2010; and
WHEREAS, Alcohol Awareness Month provides an opportunity to increase outreach and education regarding the dangers of alcoholism and issues related to alcohol; and
WHEREAS, during the COVID-19 pandemic shelter in place order, individuals and families experienced isolation and increased stress, along with fear and anxiety. Concurrently, many States including California relaxed alcohol related laws to provide economic support to bars and restaurants leading to a substantial increase of alcohol sales purchased off premises, consequently increasing in the use of alcohol and other drugs; and
WHEREAS, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) reported that by the end of 2020, 25.9 million past year users of alcohol and 10.9 million past year users of drugs other than alcohol perceived that they were using these substances "a little more or much more" than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic began; and,
WHEREAS, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 4% of all alcohol consumed in the United States and more than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinking; and
WHEREAS, research indicates that alcohol use during the teen...
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