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Paul Coverdell: “I have long felt that for us to come to the Senate and talk about the dangers of tobacco and the addiction of tobacco…”

On the recordJune 9, 1998
I have long felt that for us to come to the Senate and talk about the dangers of tobacco and the addiction of tobacco and be absolutely silent on the question of teenage addiction to drugs is unconscionable policy.
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Paul Coverdell
Georgia

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Discussing the need to address teenage addiction to drugs alongside tobacco legislation.

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