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Ted Lieu: “I am pleased to see we are taking a different approach this time, and America is finally starting to realize that drug…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
I am pleased to see we are taking a different approach this time, and America is finally starting to realize that drug addiction is primarily a disease.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Lieu contrasts current drug policy with past approaches during the crack epidemic.

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