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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 77 Directing the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the feasibility of the establishment of a State Bureau of Narcotics. Agreed to by the Senate, February 14, 1994 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 25, 1994

WHEREAS, substance abuse is a never-ending problem which has an impact on all Virginians; and

WHEREAS, Virginia's efforts at controlling the flow and use of illegal controlled substances are divided among all the law-enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, a centralized bureau could absorb some of the great effort expended at the local level to stem the tide of substance abuse and thereby allow that effort to be directed at other criminal activity; and

WHEREAS, specially trained prosecutors could absorb some of the prosecutorial effort and specially trained officers could absorb much of the drug investigation effort currently being done at the local level; and

WHEREAS, the public demands that extraordinary measures be taken to curtail the flow and use of drugs; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the Virginia State Crime Commission be directed to study the feasibility of the formation of a State Bureau of Narcotics. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Commission, upon request.

The Commission shall complete its work in time to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 1995 Session of the General Assembly as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents.

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