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Martin Hoke: “I looked at this survey that has been completed by HHS about drug use among teenagers. I do not get it. I am confused…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1996
I looked at this survey that has been completed by HHS about drug use among teenagers. I do not get it. I am confused about why. Here we have got overall drug use that has doubled in the last 4 years. Remember that after there was a substantial decline, Mr. Speaker, during the 1980's and the early 1990's, in the past 4 years overall drug use has nearly doubled. Marijuana use is up 105 percent. LSD is up 183 percent. Cocaine is up 166 percent. Inquiring minds wants to know why. Why, Mr. Speaker, what has changed? What has happened? What can we look to? What is the explanation? Mr. Speaker, I was the first invitee at a townhall meeting for the homeless in Cleveland about a week ago, and I asked those people what is the No. 1 problem that got them to this situation that they find themselves in, and they said drugs.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio
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Addressing rising drug use among teenagers and its implications during a speech.

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