On the recordMay 28, 2014
I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I would say to you that science tells us that the more drugs--whether it is marijuana or heroin or whatever--are out there in society, on the shelves in homes, the more likely children will get involved in them. And as they do, in their young, developing brains, they are five times more likely at risk of having an addiction, and that is what gets them in prison. And trust me, my friend, I will tell the gentleman that whether it is marijuana or heroin or methamphetamines, as a drug addict once told me: All addicting substances are gateways to other addicting substances.
