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Richard Nixon: The menace of drug abuse threatens to sap our Nation's strength and destroy our Nation's character.

On the recordJanuary 27, 1972
The menace of drug abuse threatens to sap our Nation's strength and destroy our Nation's character.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 11641—Concentration of Law Enforcement Activities Relating to Drug Abuse

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