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Sam Gibbons: “the scourge of illegal drug use in this country has reached epidemic proportions. Countless hours and lives have been…”

On the recordApril 29, 1998
the scourge of illegal drug use in this country has reached epidemic proportions. Countless hours and lives have been lost fighting to free our communities from the grasp of these drugs. Given the severity of the situation, how does the Clinton Administration plan to continue the fight? They want to give out free needles to drug addicts. Shoot me up, Mr. Speaker. What next? Free drugs? This cannot be his brilliant battle plan to win the war on drugs. If it is, Mr. Speaker, I shudder to think of the President's plan for the rest of society's ills. Are we going to give out free pornography to sex offenders? Heaven forbid the United States should in any way inconvenience those who are breaking the law. It is discouraging to see the White House embrace such a defeatist policy. It goes against the values upon which this great country was founded. I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this free needle policy.
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Sam Gibbons
Florida
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Addressing the Clinton Administration's policy on providing free needles to drug addicts.

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