[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DRUG USE AND LOST OPPORTUNITY

  (Mr. DOOLITTLE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, marijuana use for teenagers is up, but 
interdiction is down. Teenage cocaine use is up, but enforcement is 
down. LSD and heroin use for teenagers are way up, but prison time for 
drug dealers is down.
  Mr. Speaker, obviously what should be down is up, and what should be 
up is down. The Clinton administration has its priorities backward. 
Instead of cutting back on interdiction efforts, we should be stopping 
the flow of drugs at our borders. Instead of slapping the hands of drug 
dealers, we should be putting them in prison.
  The Clinton administration's cuts in America's antidrug efforts have 
had their effect: Teenage drug use has exploded, and most schools 
unfortunately are not drug-free.
  Mr. Speaker, we are losing the war on drugs because we have an 
administration unwilling to provide the leadership needed to stop our 
children from turning to a life of drugs and lost opportunity.

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