Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 259 - Illegal drugs; urge Congress to declare war

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1. Heckstall  55th        2. Davis  48th             3. McKinney  51st
4. Holmes  53rd           5. Walker  141st           6. Watts  26th


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House Vote: Yeas 170   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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HR 259                                             HR 259/FA

      H. R. No. 259  (AM)
      By:  Representatives Heckstall of the 55th, Davis of the 48th,
      McKinney of the 51st, Holmes of the 53rd, Walker of the 141st
      and others

                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Urging the Congress of the United States to declare war on
  1- 2  drugs; and for other purposes.

  1- 3  WHEREAS, the illegal importation, distribution, and sale of
  1- 4  illegal drugs and controlled substances has reached epidemic
  1- 5  proportions and is steadily destroying the lives of
  1- 6  countless American citizens; and

  1- 7  WHEREAS, the plague of illegal drugs and controlled
  1- 8  substances has led to dramatic increases in violence on the
  1- 9  streets of this nation and has been a major factor in a
  1-10  lessening of respect for the rule of law and the rights
  1-11  guaranteed to all Americans under the Constitution and laws
  1-12  of the United States and the several states; and

  1-13  WHEREAS, the citizens of this country have a basic right to
  1-14  feel secure in their homes and communities and this right
  1-15  must be protected and guaranteed by the federal, state, and
  1-16  local governments; and

  1-17  WHEREAS, every day, countless brave and courageous law
  1-18  enforcement officers are placed in harm's way in the fight
  1-19  to stem the ravages of illegal drugs and controlled
  1-20  substances; and

  1-21  WHEREAS, the importation, distribution, and manufacture of
  1-22  illegal drugs and controlled substances constitutes an
  1-23  invasion of this country and a blight upon its sovereignty
  1-24  which must be stopped; and

  1-25  WHEREAS,  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the
  1-26  United States provides that the Congress shall have the
  1-27  power to provide for the common defense and general welfare
  1-28  of this nation and its citizens and shall have the power to
  1-29  define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the
  1-30  high seas and offenses against the laws of nations; and

  1-31  WHEREAS, Article I, Section 8 also authorizes the Congress
  1-32  to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy,
  1-33  and to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the
  1-34  Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions; and



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                                                   HR 259/FA

  2- 1  WHEREAS, the Congress is given the further power to declare
  2- 2  war.

  2- 3  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
  2- 4  GEORGIA that this body hereby urges the Congress of the
  2- 5  United States to declare that a state of war exists, that
  2- 6  all resources of the armed forces of the United States and
  2- 7  the militias of the several states be employed in waging war
  2- 8  on drugs, that all federal, state, and local law enforcement
  2- 9  agencies cooperate with each other,  that a uniform war
  2-10  policy be developed and implemented, and that all civil and
  2-11  military assets be used in the conduct of the war on the
  2-12  importation, growth, manufacture, distribution, sale, and
  2-13  possession of illegal drugs and controlled substances.

  2-14  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all technological assets of the
  2-15  United States should be employed in such effort to detect
  2-16  the manufacture and shipment of illegal drugs and controlled
  2-17  substances and that the armed forces of the United States
  2-18  shall be authorized to conduct military operations anywhere
  2-19  in the world in combating the drug menace.

  2-20  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all of the several states of the
  2-21  United States are urged to support the war on drugs and to
  2-22  request that the Congress of the United States act on this
  2-23  request to declare war on drugs.

  2-24  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
  2-25  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit
  2-26  appropriate copies of this resolution to the President of
  2-27  the United States, to each house of the Congress of the
  2-28  United States, to each member of the Congress of the United
  2-29  States from the State of Georgia, and to the Legislatures of
  2-30  each of the several states of the United States.















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