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Proc 9778ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 9778

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2018

This proclamation designates September 2018 as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, calling on Americans to observe it with programs and ceremonies. It describes addiction as a national crisis, references the March 2018 Administration-wide Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse, and notes $6 billion in congressional funding for prevention, treatment, and law enforcement, but issues no binding directives to agencies or new policy mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 83 FR 45313

Key directives

  • proclaim September 2018 as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
  • call upon the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities

Timeline

Immediate

  • September 2018 designated as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

Near term (90d)

  • observance of Recovery Month with programs, ceremonies, and activities

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • no substantive policy directives; purely commemorative despite crisis framing
  • references to prior initiative and funding are descriptive, not operative
Proclamation 9778: National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2018 · Executive Orders