[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REPORT ON TEENAGE DRUG USE

  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago, the Department of Health 
and Human Services released a shocking report on teenage drug use. Here 
are some of the findings: Overall drug use for 12- to 17-year-olds, 
from 1992 to 1995 is up 78 percent; marijuana use up 105 percent in the 
same age group during the same period; marijuana use, in just the last 
year: up 37 percent; LSD use, 1992-95: up 183 percent; LSD use in just 
the last year: up 54 percent; cocaine use, 1994-95: up 166 percent. In 
just 1 year.
  It used to be that the White House encouraged our young people to 
just say no. Today, the White House just says nothing about this 
explosion of teenage drug use.
  The Clinton war against drugs has been a failed war against drugs. 
And now we see the consequences.

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