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"White House Conference for a Drug Free America"

 
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REMARKS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. "WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA" OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1988 - 9:15 a.m. GOOD MORNING. I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU TO WASHINGTON, D.C. — YOUR NATION'S CAPITAL. WE HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE TO ADDRESS THE MOST DEVASTATING PROBLEM FACING OUR COUNTRY TODAY; THE. PROBLEM WHICH IS THREATENING TO WIPE OUT OUR FUTURE GENERATION... WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE CATASTROPHIC DIMENSIONS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE THROUGHOUT THIS NATION. I APPLAUD THE CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BAND TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE. WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS; THAT IDEAS GENERATE OTHER IDEAS. BY WORKING TOGETHER , I AM CONVINCED THAT WE CAN STEM THE TIDE OF THIS DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIC. FIVE YEARS AGO, OUR BEST NATIONAL INDICATORS SHOWED THAT: ° 59% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAD TRIED MARIJUANA; 0 16% HAD TRIED COCAINE; 0 6% HAD USED PCP ; AND' 87% HAD DRUM SOME FORM OF ALCOHOL. О
Title
"White House Conference for a Drug Free America"
Date
February 29 1988
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