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On the recordJune 18, 1989
The production, trafficking, and consumption of illicit narcotics have become a worldwide menace of unprecedented proportions.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...

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