Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1865

Whereas, The widespread use and abuse of dangerous drugs, with
its attendant horrors of human suffering and debilitation, is growing
at an alarming rate in our State and is a concern of us all; and

Whereas, It is an established fact that many of our school-age
children are now casually experimenting with dangerous drugs with-
out being fully aware of the possible consequences, while others have
become young drug addicts who face the hard road of rehabilitation
or a lifetime, however short, of misery and hopelessness; and

Whereas, It is imperative to combat the problem of drug abuse at
all its levels through the combined and correlated efforts of federal,
State, and local communities and private individuals and organiza-
tions; and

Whereas, It is particularly vital to reach our impressionable school
children by educating them as early as possible as to the nature and
extent of the dangers of drugs and drug abuse and the devastating
effects it has on the individual who is involved with it and on our
society which pays for it in terms of untold social and economic loss;
now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the State
Board of Education develop a comprehensive drug education program
to be implemented in all public and private primary and secondary
schools in the State; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the members
of the State Board of Education.

Approved May 17, 1971.

No. 64
(House Joint Resolution 56)

House Joint Resolution requesting the establishing of a Commis-
sion on State's Attorneys' compensation and staff to consider
the compensation, qualifications, numbers, and activities of pro-
fessional personnel in the offices of the State's Attorneys.

Whereas, the State's Attorneys, as the prosecutors for the gov-
ernment, are a critical part of the criminal justice system of
Maryland; and

Whereas, the State has recently reviewed its entire judicial
system including judicial salaries and pensions; and

Whereas, since 1968, nineteen of the twenty-three counties of
Maryland have by law altered the compensation of the State's
Attorney, ten have altered the number of compensation of staff
members in the State's Attorney's office, and three counties are
proposing additional changes in 1971; and

Whereas, the salary and staffing practice is different in each
county in Maryland; and