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James Traficant: “Everybody in America is confused. After spending billions and billions of dollars on this War on Drugs, they cannot…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1999
Everybody in America is confused. After spending billions and billions of dollars on this War on Drugs, they cannot figure out why it has failed. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Water runs downhill, and drugs pour across our borders. Our borders are wide open. Heroin and cocaine are stone-cold imports, and heroin and cocaine flood across our borders. I think it is time to do something about our borders, and our streets and our kids that are strung out, 12-year-olds in New York and Philadelphia on heroin. I yield back, Mr. Speaker, the stupidity of Congress in dealing with the problem of narcotics.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the failure of the War on Drugs and the issue of drug imports across U.S. borders.

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