Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, one of 39 attorneys general nationwide urging Congress to pass the Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act, said on Newsmax on Wednesday that the legislation is a vital key in keeping young people away from drugs.

“I can tell you right now as a prosecutor, some of the worst, most horrible discussions I’ve ever had to have are with parents watching their children slip away into the web of addiction,” Sunday said on “National Report.” 

The bipartisan bill, introduced in the Senate earlier this month by Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Chris Coons, D-Del., seeks to amend the omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide consistent federal funding for evidence-based public service announcements and youth-led campaigns and other outreach methods to prevent substance abuse.

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