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Ronald Reagan: “We must teach our young people to say 'no' to the degradation of drugs and 'yes' to the bright promise of a drug-free…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1986
We must teach our young people to say 'no' to the degradation of drugs and 'yes' to the bright promise of a drug-free America.
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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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