Paul Coverdell: “I think he has reinforced everything we have been saying all afternoon. It does not matter what community you are in…”

“I think he has reinforced everything we have been saying all afternoon. It does not matter what community you are in, whether St. Louis or Gwinnett County, GA, we are in the midst of a new epidemic. Just to summarize, major policy with regard to the management of the drug issue in the United States has been changed. The message has been either nonexistent or acquiescent, and as a result we have produced headlines like the Marietta Daily Journal, ``Georgia Crime Rate Reaches New High. Juveniles Are More Apt To Break the Law.'' Or, in the now famous Gwinnett Daily Post, ``Juvenile Drug Cases Up 738 Percent Over 1992.'' The first wake-up call has to be in our communities. Every policymaker has to get the message right. Drugs are not good and drugs will do enormous damage. Teenagers, do not use it. Listen to those little ladies, those friends in the Macon Youth Development Center, when they said: ``Don't use drugs. Don't think you can control them. Never use drugs to be a part of a clique, a group. Just say no.''”