[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         INTENSIFY WAR ON DRUGS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, the Drug Czar said only 38 percent of 
teenagers in America have tried drugs, and he is all excited.
  Now, look, I like the Czar. I think he is doing a good job. But 38 
percent is not exactly a number we should be celebrating, folks.
  Let us tell it like it is: Drugs account for 80 percent of all crime, 
70 percent of all murder, 50 percent of all healthcare costs, and 
heroin and cocaine is as easy to get as aspirin in every city in 
America, and it all comes across the border. Our borders are wide open 
and our eyes are wide shut.
  Beam me up. We do not have a war on drugs going on; we have a 
propaganda game going on in America.

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