10/02/1980
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"When used properly, today's drugs can work miracles that were unimaginable only a short time ago."
"I ask each American to take the time and trouble to learn about drug abuse prevention."
"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 medica..."
"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."