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Ronald Reagan: “We must remember that turning to drugs is very often an act of hopelessness and that, in case after case, the strongest…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1986
We must remember that turning to drugs is very often an act of hopelessness and that, in case after case, the strongest weapon against drugs is hope itself.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to Members of the National Fraternal Congress of America

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