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Senate
Resolution 1191
By:
Senator Hamrick of the 30th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Douglas County Meth Task Force on its receiving the 2005
Outstanding Leadership Award; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
on March 7, 2006, the 2005 Outstanding Leadership Award from the Georgia Council
on Substance Abuse was awarded to the Douglas County Meth Task Force for its
numerous accomplishments since its inception in February, 2004; and
WHEREAS,
in 2004, Jesse Hambrick, the special investigator and task force leader, and Dr.
Vance Boddy, a Douglasville physician, began putting the task force together
because of a surge of methamphetamine use in the area; and
WHEREAS,
in addition to law enforcement members, the task force includes doctors,
counselors, and representatives from the district attorney's office, the board
of education, the juvenile justice program, and the Douglas County Fire
Department; and
WHEREAS,
the task force meets once a month and battles the methamphetamine problem from
four different approaches: enforcement, prevention, education, and treatment;
and
WHEREAS,
the group has recorded numerous accomplishments including helping to obtain
passage of city, county, and state measures to restrict the sale of cold
medicines containing pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient used to manufacture
meth in illegal labs; and
WHEREAS,
the task force has also trained a majority of the teachers and administrators in
the Douglas County School System and in other nearby county systems; and
WHEREAS,
the group has held numerous community meetings to educate the public on the
dangers associated with meth manufacture and use; and
WHEREAS,
further educational tools in the form of a website, a video on meth abuse, and
Jesse Hambrick's book, "Prisoners of Meth," have been implemented through the
task force's work; and
WHEREAS,
this group has trained 20,000 people statewide, had more than 15,000 hits on its
website from all across the country, and has been featured on Georgia Public
Broadcasting's program, "The Georgia Meth Invasion," which aired February 14,
2006; and
WHEREAS,
as this group is making a monumental difference in the lives of Georgians, it is
only fitting this body should recognize and commend the Douglas County Meth Task
Force on all of its accomplishments and its receipt of the 2005 Outstanding
Leadership Award from the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
and commend the leaders and members of the Douglas County Meth Task Force and
express appreciation and congratulations on their accomplishments.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Jesse Hambrick.