John Walters
John Walters
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In recent years, we have been sending a clear, consistent signal about the harms of drugs, particularly marijuana, which for most young people is the first illegal drug that they are exposed to.
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Over the past three years there has been a 17 percent decrease in teenage drug use.
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Research tells us there are some straightforward steps parents can take not only to help prevent drug use, but to reduce risk-taking across the board.
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I think it's a clear tool not to play hide-and-seek with this problem.
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It also finances our enemies. To fight the terror inflicted by killers, thugs and terrorists around the world who depend on American drug purchases to fund their violence, we must stop paying for our own destruction and the destruction of others.
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We need to do a better job at going after the large structures that provide marketing.
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We're not radically tearing things up because, for the first time in a couple of decades, we're having dramatic results. We want to keep the pressure on.
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We're trying to get out the word that the last 10 years of research have helped to alert us to the use of marijuana in particular is a very dangerous risk for the mental health of our young people.
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Today, the Mexicans have taken over and are running the organized crime, and getting the bulk of the money. The Colombians have pulled back.
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This state has been an example not only for other surrounding states but also for the nation and for the world.
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You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of.
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Some of these pro-drug messages come from popular culture.
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It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
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To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all.