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George W. Bush: “Illegal drugs cost our health care system almost $15 billion a year.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2002
Illegal drugs cost our health care system almost $15 billion a year.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the 2002 National Drug Control Strategy

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