Jimmy Carter actually said...

Drug abusers include the busy executive who cannot function without the aid of heavy drinking, the youth who is addicted to heroin, and the victim of disease who grows dependent upon prescribed medication.

Context

Proclamation 4544—Drug Abuse Prevention Week, 1978

01/10/1978

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