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On the recordOctober 16, 1973
We can eliminate drug abuse as America's public enemy number one.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Proclamation 4251—Drug Abuse Prevention Week, 1973

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I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

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