Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues here today to declare alcohol abuse and alcoholism our public enemy number one. Mr. Speaker, there's nothing else that harms us more and creates more sorrow and hardship and prevents us from moving ahead and being the best that we can be than the overuse and abuse of alcohol. Inappropriate use of alcohol is condemning unaccounted numbers of our children to lifelong conditions of FASD and FAE. Alcohol abuse is keeping our residents out of schools and workplaces and into hospitals and jails. Alcohol abuse is a quick segue to our people going into a horrendous and miserable life of drug addiction and drug dealing and all the other problems that come with that.

Mr. Speaker, alcohol abuse is infecting our people with STD and STI and spreading those diseases. Mr. Speaker, I would venture to say if alcohol abuse was stopped today we would see our crime rates go down by at least 90 percent. If we can stop alcohol abuse, we would not have to hear about women being locked up for days and being raped and beaten up. Mr. Speaker, we wouldn't need to have so many children suffering from the trauma of family violence if we could stop alcohol abuse.

Mr. Speaker, in our travels to communities we learn that there is rampant elder abuse arising from alcohol abuse by young people. Our seniors are living in fear because of the goings on and all-night drinking that goes on in our communities.

Mr. Speaker, we must deal with alcohol abuse head on and we need to address them on all three fronts: prevention, treatment and enforcement. The strongest focus has to be on prevention, because no treatment and enforcement would be enough if we don't address the prevention in a very serious way. Mr. Speaker, this is why we need to denormalize abuse of alcohol. We have to make it unacceptable for people to get drunk and inflict pain and suffering on others. Mr. Speaker, I want to suggest a slogan of Don't Be a Bottlehead for consideration to go with the Don't Be a Butthead campaign, but I kind of like the...

Mr. Speaker, may I seek unanimous consent to finish my statement?