HomeMy Public PortalAbout1980_01_23_R008RESOLUTION NO. 80-8
A RESOLUTION:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED January 23, 1980
ADOPTED January 23~ 1980
ENDORSING A VIRGINIA SENATE BILL TO PROHIBIT THE
POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
WHEREAS, this Council is alarmed by the growing proliferation
of the drug paraphernalia industry which glamorizes and facili-
tates the illegal use of drugs, especially by our young people;
and
WHEREAS, Senate bill 85 which has been introduced in the
Virginia Senate will prohibit the possession or distribution of
drug paraphernalia as well as provide more severe penalties for
the distribution of drug paraphernalia to persons under 18.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg,
Virginia, as follows:
SECTION I. Senate bill 85 which will prohibit the possess-
ion or distribution of drug paraphernalia throughout the
Commonwealth is endorsed.
SECTION II. The Manager is authorized and directed to
transmit a copy of this resolution to Loudoun's General Assembly
delegation and the Virginia Municipal L~ague.
PASSED this 23rd day of January , 1980.
G. Dewey Hi~l~, Mayor ro- em
Town of Leesburg
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