[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND THE WAR ON DRUGS

  (Ms. GREENE of Utah asked and was given permission to address 
theHouse for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GREENE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, let us talk about a real scandal, 
and that is the Clinton administration's approach to the war on drugs. 
Ever since President Clinton took office, his cavalier attitude about 
drug use has had widespread effect across the country. According to a 
recent administration study, overall drug use by teenagers has nearly 
doubled in the last 4 years. Marijuana use is up 37 percent, LSD use is 
up 183 percent, cocaine use is up 166 percent.
  Mr. Speaker, I thought the President was supposed to be a role model 
for children. But when asked on MTV if he had the chance to do it over 
again would he inhale, the President replied, sure, if I could, I tried 
before.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the wrong message for our children. The Clinton 
administration has dropped the ball on taking the war on drugs 
seriously, causing untold suffering, pain, and even death for our 
children and their families. To the people on the other side of 
Pennsylvania Avenue, it all seems to be a game, a game where the only 
response is, do whatever you want.

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