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Jon Kyl: “We are already seeing the highest rates of first-time use of marijuana among teens and pre-teens in over 30 years. We…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1998
We are already seeing the highest rates of first-time use of marijuana among teens and pre-teens in over 30 years. We are on the verge of a major, new drug epidemic. I do not think this is the time to be sending the kind of mixed message we see in these efforts to legalize marijuana or other Schedule I drugs.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Addressing concerns about rising marijuana use among youth and the implications of legalization efforts.

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