Frank Lautenberg: “When you see the devastation of alcohol, you do not understand why it is a different class addiction than that which is…”

“When you see the devastation of alcohol, you do not understand why it is a different class addiction than that which is drugs. It is easier to get into. It is less stigmatic. People do not say: Oh, look, he's an alcoholic. A friend of mine has a granddaughter, 14 years old--14 years old--who started sniffing glue, drank alcohol. Now it is drugs. She is in an institution. It is the most heartbreaking thing one can imagine.”