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Norman D. Dicks: “I join the ranks of all of the Members who have spoken this morning, because when we find crack babies lying in…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
I join the ranks of all of the Members who have spoken this morning, because when we find crack babies lying in hospitals, when we find children who are trying to go to school and who are unable to be educated because of the mental incapacity that they have, when we have a community that has been totally destroyed, we cannot help but to come to this body to ask for a thorough investigation.
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Norman D. Dicks

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Addressing the impact of drug-related issues in South Central Los Angeles.

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