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Xavier Becerra: “Let me begin by saying that our goal, I hope our goal here, is to keep the drugs off of the streets and out of the homes…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1997
Let me begin by saying that our goal, I hope our goal here, is to keep the drugs off of the streets and out of the homes of America. Decertifying Mexico, however, dampens our cooperation with Mexico, and I fear will do just the opposite of keeping those drugs out of those homes and off of those streets. Let me call Members' attention to some statistics and some studies. Almost 13 million Americans today use illicit drugs, and they spend, by most estimates, somewhere between $50 billion to perhaps as much as $150 billion to satisfy that desire.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of decertifying Mexico in the context of drug policy.

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