Richard Nixon

Our programs cannot be judged on the fulfillment of quotas and other bureaucratic indexes of accomplishment.

I call on every American to reflect that day on the sacredness of the law in American tradition.

So we must also act to destroy the market for drugs, and this means the prevention of new addicts, and the rehabilitation of those who are addicted.

In order to defeat this enemy which is causing such great concern, and correctly so, to so many American families, money will be provided to the extent that it is necessary and to the extent that it will be useful.

There is hereby established in the Executive Office of the President a Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention.

When traffic in narcotics is no longer profitable, then that traffic will cease.

I have asked the Congress to provide the legislative authority and the funds to fuel this kind of an offensive.

The problem has assumed the dimensions of a national emergency.

That is why the meeting was bipartisan; bipartisan because we needed the support of the Congress, but bipartisan because we needed the leadership of the Members of the Congress in this field.

Federal officers and Federal departments and agencies shall cooperate with the Director in carrying out his functions under this Order and shall comply with the policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures prescribed by the Director…

I urge the Congress to give this proposal the highest priority, and I trust it will do so.

We must now candidly recognize that the deliberate procedures embodied in present efforts to control drug abuse are not sufficient in themselves.

But time is critical. Every day we lose compounds the tragedy which drugs inflict on individual Americans.

In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.

Fundamentally, it is essential for the American people to be alerted to this danger, to recognize that it is a danger that will not pass with the passing of the war in Vietnam which has brought to our attention the fact that a number of…

Narcotic addiction is a major contributor to crime.

This office will mobilize and concentrate the comprehensive resources of the Federal Government in an all out campaign to meet this threat.

If we cannot destroy the drug menace in America, then it will surely in time destroy us.

Drug abuse has assumed alarming proportions in recent times and its spread must be reversed forthwith.

If we are going to have a successful offensive, we need more money.

I will urge the Senate to give its advice and consent.

Consequently, I have brought Dr. Jaffe into the White House, directly reporting to me, so that we have not only the responsibility but the authority to see that we wage this offensive effectively and in a coordinated way.

The Secretary of Labor shall issue rules and regulations requiring each department and agency of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government to list suitable employment openings with the appropriate office of the State Employment…

To speed action, I call upon all Government agencies to draw fully upon resources and authority already at hand.

The National Alliance of Businessmen, through its promotion of the Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) Program, has displayed a remarkable capability to mobilize the American business community in response to a national problem.