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Tom Harkin: “It is our intention to support programs which provide such essential drug abuse prevention services to youth. It strikes…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 1997
It is our intention to support programs which provide such essential drug abuse prevention services to youth. It strikes me that the Crow Creek Youth Center meets that criteria, and I join with my colleagues in encouraging the Secretary to identify funding for the South Dakota program and similar programs in rural and isolated areas plagued by high rates of alcohol and drug abuse.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing support for drug abuse prevention programs for youth.

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