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Ronald Reagan: Drug abuse is a veritable plague that enslaves its victims, saps their health, turns their dreams to dust, and endangers…

On the recordOctober 5, 1986
Drug abuse is a veritable plague that enslaves its victims, saps their health, turns their dreams to dust, and endangers their lives and the lives of others.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 5537—National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week and National Drug Abuse Education Day, 1986

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