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Richard Nixon: By next June, we will have created the capacity to treat up to 250,000 heroin addicts annually--a thirty-fold increase…

On the recordOctober 27, 1972
By next June, we will have created the capacity to treat up to 250,000 heroin addicts annually--a thirty-fold increase over the amount of federally funded drug treatment which existed when I took office.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Campaign Statement About Crime and Drug Abuse.

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