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Richard Nixon: But even one person addicted or led into drug abuse is one too many, and we shall not have discharged our humane duty…

On the recordOctober 6, 1972
But even one person addicted or led into drug abuse is one too many, and we shall not have discharged our humane duty until all are rescued from this plague.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Proclamation 4164—Drug Abuse Prevention Week

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