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Rob Portman: “Let me try to put this bill in some kind of perspective. It is really part of what we hope will be a measured response…”

On the recordJune 23, 1998
Let me try to put this bill in some kind of perspective. It is really part of what we hope will be a measured response here in Congress to a vexing national problem, which is how to substantially reduce the growing problem in this country of substance abuse and move towards a drug-free America. Unfortunately, we are far from that today. In the 1960s about 3 percent of the American population had used illegal drugs. Today that figure is close to about 40 percent. The trends are not helpful.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing legislation aimed at reducing substance abuse and promoting drug-free workplace programs.

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