[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            THE WAR ON DRUGS

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton has been absent on the war 
on drugs. Yet yesterday, after more than 3 years in office, President 
Clinton finally announced a plan to reduce illegal drug use. But Mr. 
Speaker, it would appear to be too little too late. President Clinton 
has backed down on the war on drugs. For example, it was President 
Clinton that only days after taking office, cut the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy by more than 80 percent. It is during the Clinton 
administration that drug use among children skyrocketed while 
interdiction and prosecution efforts dropped. It is during the Clinton 
administration that marijuana use among young people has increased 50 
percent and has jumped 137 percent among 12- to 13-year-olds. Mr. 
Speaker, who is the President trying to kid?
  The President has dropped the ball on the war on drugs and now he's 
playing election year politics.

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