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 1-2                         SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1032
 1-3           WHEREAS, Drug courts provide the focus and leadership for
 1-4     communitywide, antidrug systems, bringing together criminal
 1-5     justice, treatment, education, and other community partners in
 1-6     the fight against drug abuse and criminality; and
 1-7           WHEREAS, Drug court programs combine intensive judicial
 1-8     supervision, mandatory substance abuse treatment and drug testing,
 1-9     and escalating sanctions and incentives in order to break the cycle
1-10     of drug addiction and its concomitant crime; and
1-11           WHEREAS, The judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys,
1-12     treatment and rehabilitation professionals, law enforcement and
1-13     corrections personnel, researchers and educators, national and
1-14     community leaders, and others dedicated to the movement have had
1-15     a profound impact through hard work and commitment to their
1-16     communities; and
1-17           WHEREAS, The drug court movement has grown from the 12
1-18     original drug courts in 1994 to over 1,000 drug courts nationwide
1-19     that are in operation or in the planning stages; and
1-20           WHEREAS, Texas has five implemented treatment drug courts,
 2-1     one family court, one juvenile court, and one tribal court and
 2-2     five courts in the planning stages; now, therefore, be it
 2-3           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 2-4     77th Legislature, hereby recognize May, 2001, as National Drug
 2-5     Court Month and commend the practitioners and participants who
 2-6     make drug courts work and the significant contributions that
 2-7     drug courts have made, and continue to make, in reducing drug
 2-8     usage and crime.
 2-9                                                                    West
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2-11                                          President of the Senate
2-12                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-13                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-14                                  on May 10, 2001.
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2-16                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-18                                           Member, Texas Senate