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On the recordJune 27, 1996
The statistic is since 1992 to present there has been a 100-percent increase of teenagers that are on, for instance, just cocaine. I think it would be behoove everybody to study what is happening in some of the South American countries, and where there are successes and where there are not.
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Dennis Hastert
Illinois

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Discussing the increase in teenage cocaine use and the need to study South American countries' drug policies.

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