[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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THE NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY OF DRUG USE AND THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL 
                                STRATEGY

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, today is February 1, the statutory deadline 
for the administration's drug strategy. It is now 1 year late. The 
results of the just-released Monitoring the Future Survey, which tracks 
drug use among high school students, are a warning of the dangers we 
face from the Clinton administration's continuing drift in drug policy. 
The survey confirms that the ground we gained in the drug war under 
Presidents Reagan and Bush is in danger of being lost. According to the 
survey, use of drugs among high school students is increasing 
alarmingly, and attitudes about drug use are relaxing. The survey 
shows significant increases in the overall use of all kinds of drugs, 
in use of marijuana, of inhalants, and LSD. LSD use is nearing the 
levels of use of the peak years of the 1970s. We need strong leadership 
from the administration to successfully wage the war on drugs. Mr. 
President, we must not let any more of this generation of youngsters 
slide into the horror and chaos of drug-induced debilitation and drug-
fueled violence and crime.

  So I call upon the administration to do more in this effort, and I am 
looking forward to their antidrug abuse policy that should be out as of 
today.
  I thank you, Mr. President.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Campbell). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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