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On the recordApril 22, 1998
Is this the same Washington that is going to stop our kids from smoking but we are going to give them free needles? Somewhere in here there is a contradiction. We can stop our kids from smoking through Washington programs, but we cannot keep them off drugs so we are going to give them free needles.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the contradiction in drug policy during a debate.

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