Subject: 18978/Adopt Drug Free Zone/General Assembly
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 16:43:00 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 18978
                   
                   
                   A RESOLUTION URGING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
                   THE STATE OF TENNESSEE TO ADOPT THE DRUG 
                   FREE ZONE LEGISLATION PROPOSED BY THE CITY 
                   OF CHATTANOOGA, TO ADOPT STIFFER LAWS WITH 
                   RESPECT TO THE FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY USED 
                   IN THE SALE AND USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND TO 
                   TAKE SUCH OTHER MEASURES AS MAY BE NECESSARY 
                   OR APPROPRIATE TO WAGE A SUCCESSFUL FIGHT 
                   AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THE CRIME, 
                   BLIGHT AND HUMAN SUFFERING IT ENGENDERS.
                   
                   
                                                     
                   
                   
       	    	 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that the General Assembly of the State of 
       Tennessee be and is hereby urged to adopt the drug free zone 
       legislation proposed by the City of Chattanooga, to adopt stiffer 
       laws with respect to the forfeiture of property used in the sale 
       and use of illegal drugs, and to take such other measures as may 
       be necessary or appropriate to wage a successful fight against 
       substance abuse and the crime, blight and human suffering it 
       engenders.
       
       ADOPTED:  April 9, 1991
       
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