[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5408-H5409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            DRUGS IN FLORIDA

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, over the last 4 years an increasingly 
permissive attitude, even a tolerance in some circles, of illegal drug 
use has regrettably developed. The lack of institutional leadership 
from the President and from the media on this issue is reflected in the 
dramatic increases in the use of marijuana and other drugs by our young 
people. Overall drug use by teens in America has more than doubled 
since 1992, more than doubled. We need real leadership and we need it 
now.
  Today Speaker Gingrich will join the Florida delegation in a hearing 
to look at the troubling reemergence of Florida as a major drug 
trafficking route. This hearing is an important step in fighting the 
complacency and focusing, once again, on winning the war on drugs 
rather than settling for a stalemate or a draw. I hope the 
administration will join us in renewing our effort to kick our Nation's 
drug habit. We could use the help in Florida.

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