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Bill Clinton: “Had anybody tried to talk you out of using drugs in the first place, before you did? At home, at school? [The…”

On the recordMarch 12, 1997
Had anybody tried to talk you out of using drugs in the first place, before you did? At home, at school? [The participant said that his parents were drug abusers and he first accepted it but later viewed it as part of a bad environment. Participant Matthew Migliore then described his alcohol overdose at the age of 10, saying that a variety of drugs were available and that he had seen antidrug public service announcements but just never believed them.]
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Bill Clinton
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