09/13/1964
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"We need to learn more about how to treat it."
"I direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, and I invite State and local governments and organizations, to participate actively in programs designed to promote better protection again..."
"Now the time has come to act."
"I now propose that a single Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs be established in the Department of Justice."