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Ronald Reagan: “We're rejecting the helpless attitude that drug use is so rampant that we're defenseless to do anything about it.”

On the recordJune 23, 1982
We're rejecting the helpless attitude that drug use is so rampant that we're defenseless to do anything about it.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Signing Executive Order 12368, Concerning Federal Drug Abuse Policy Functions

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