SENSE OF CONGRESS.

SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.—Congress finds the following: (1) Illegal drug use is dangerous to the physical wellbeing of the Nation’s youth. (2) Illegal drug use can destroy the lives of the Nation’s youth by diminishing their sense of morality and with it everything in life that is important and worthwhile. (3) According to recently released national surveys, drug use among the Nation’s youth remains at alarmingly high levels. (4) National leadership is critical to conveying to the Nation’s youth the message that drug use is dangerous and wrong. (5) National leadership can help mobilize every sector of the community to support the implementation of comprehensive, sustainable, and effective programs to reduce drug abuse. (6) As of September 1, 1998, 76 Members of the House of Representatives were establishing community-based antidrug coalitions in their congressional districts or were actively supporting such coalitions that already existed. (7) The individual Members of the House of Representatives can best help their constituents prevent drug use among the Nation’s youth by establishing community-based antidrug coalitions in their congressional districts or by actively supporting such coalitions that already exist. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the individual Members of the House of Representatives, including the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, should establish community-based antidrug coalitions in their congressional districts or should actively support any such coalitions that have been established.112 STAT. 2681–758