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Richard Nixon: In a press conference I referred to drug addiction as public enemy number one in this Nation and that therefore it…

On the recordSeptember 10, 1973
In a press conference I referred to drug addiction as public enemy number one in this Nation and that therefore it should have the very highest priority within the Federal Government, as well as in State and local governments in dealing with that problem.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at the First National Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime Conference.

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