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On the recordJuly 23, 1997
Under SAMHSA, as I understand it, the States are required to certify to SAMHSA that they are carrying out these laws and one of the requirements under SAMHSA, in the so-called Synar amendment, is sting operations. So the enforcement is there from the States certifying to SAMHSA that they are complying with the law. And $1 billion is there, as I recall, for the enforcement because, if you don't enforce it and you don't certify it, then you lose your block grants. And that is pretty tough enforcement, in my opinion.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing the enforcement mechanisms of SAMHSA and the Synar amendment.

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