Richard Nixon actually said...

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

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

01/27/1972

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Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the...

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-two, and of...

I am announcing today the withdrawal of an additional 70,000 [troops] from Vietnam over the next 3 months.

This means that our troop ceiling by May 1 will be down to 69,000.