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Robert Ehrlich: “Absolutely, absolutely, because there are some people in this country who had just given up. Nancy Reagan never said the…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
Absolutely, absolutely, because there are some people in this country who had just given up. Nancy Reagan never said the entire strategy consists of ``Just say no.'' She never did. But for some, really on the cynical side of politics, she became a target of abuse. How unfortunate that a part of our total strategy must be ``Just say no,'' because there is a moral context to this whole argument. That is what we are trying to bring back as well.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Discussing the moral context of drug prevention strategies.

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