SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 1990

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 15, 1997

      The Senate Health Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1990.

      This bill provides annual funding for the "Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey" from the Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction (DEDR) fund, to be appropriated by the Legislature as available. The bill also makes a current year appropriation of $350,000 from the DEDR fund to this program.

      The "Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey," the State affiliate of the national "Partnership for a Drug Free America," is a nonprofit coalition of professionals whose mission is to reduce the demand for and incidence of substance abuse in New Jersey through a Statewide media campaign.