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Proc 10074ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 10074

Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, 2020

This proclamation designates September 13-19, 2020 as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, calling on Americans to observe it with awareness activities and remembrance. The document largely recites past administration actions on the opioid crisis—including the 2017 public health emergency declaration, funding bills, and prescription reduction efforts—without issuing new directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 85 FR 59645

Impact dates

  1. Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week begins

Key directives

  • proclaim September 13 through September 19, 2020 as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week
  • call upon fellow Americans to observe this week with activities of awareness and remembrance

Timeline

Immediate

  • designation of September 13-19, 2020 as awareness week

Near term (90d)

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Long term

—

Risks & tensions

  • Document references past policy actions but creates no new obligations; awareness week designation without funding or regulatory changes is symbolic
  • Recitation of 31% prescription reduction claim mixes retrospective reporting with ceremonial purpose
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