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On the recordJanuary 10, 1978
History teaches us that almost every discovery or invention designed to make our lives a little better can, in the wrong hands, become an instrument of tragedy and suffering.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Proclamation 4544—Drug Abuse Prevention Week, 1978

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