Political Quotes

“drug use is up, and the response from the White House is a plea not to make an issue out of it. Our children are getting hooked earlier and at rates never before seen in the history of this Nation. Overall drug use among 12- to 17-year-olds is up 78 percent since 1992. But look at these figures. In just 1 year, 1994 to 1995, marijuana use in the same age group is up 37 percent; LSD use, again in just 1 year, up 105 percent; cocaine use, 12- to 17-year-olds, from 1994 to 1995 is up 166 percent. This is a tragedy, a national tragedy. We are losing a generation of children right before our very eyes. Drugs destroy families and they destroy lives. Madam Speaker, this is no time to run and hide. We need to make sure that children can grow up in an environment where cocaine, LSD, and pot-smoking are not part of their daily surroundings.”