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On the recordJune 19, 2014
I'll tell you what a drug addict told me. He said, Doctor, every addicting substance is a gateway drug, and marijuana is no exception to that.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana

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Fleming argues that marijuana is a gateway drug leading to addiction.

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