08/06/1981
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"No longer do we think of drugs as a harmless phase of adolescence."
"I'm confident we're on the right track and that education, not scare tactics, will be effective."
"There is nothing recreational about those children whose lives have been lost, whose minds have been ruined."
"I call on all Americans to join the battle against drug abuse to protect our children."