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Jack Kingston: Two other things we want to do with drugs is to have severe penalties, pressure; if you are pushing drugs to school kids…

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
Two other things we want to do with drugs is to have severe penalties, pressure; if you are pushing drugs to school kids on basketball courts or playgrounds, you go to jail. You stay in jail. We need to have that. Then finally for the addicts, why not have a 24-hour a day hotline that says if a drug addict says I am ready to kill myself, I have hit bottom, I want to bounce back up, give a 24-hour hotline that we will get you help the next day, we will get you help on the spot, because once an individual has made up his or her mind to kick the habit, then they are the easiest to cure.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing drug policy and support for addicts during a floor speech.

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