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Todd Tiahrt: I think the gentleman is interpreting what I am saying incorrectly. What I am saying is that we can draw our own…

On the recordAugust 6, 1998
I think the gentleman is interpreting what I am saying incorrectly. What I am saying is that we can draw our own conclusions from the facts that in 1988 they had only 18 deaths from drug use and by 1998, a decade later, it has increased dramatically to over 10 a week. Now, what conclusion can we draw from that? I do not need an opinion piece in The New York Times to tell me that this activity is encouraging drug abuse and it ends up with more deaths.
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas

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Discussing the increase in drug-related deaths over a decade.

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