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Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse
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Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat...

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[first lines] Richard Nixon: Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive. Gerald Ford: For nearly a year, I have been devoting increasing attention to a problem which strikes at the very heart of our national well-being: Drug abuse. Jimmy Carter: I did not condone any drug abuse, and we'll do everything possible to reduce this serious threat to our society. Ronald Reagan: Drugs are menacing our society. They're threatening our values and undercutting our institutions. They're killing our children. Thank you very much. Nancy Reagan: ...and when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say no.


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...public enemy number one in the United States... ...is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy... ...it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive. For nearly a year, I have been devoting increasing attention... ...to a problem which strikes at the very heart of our national well-being: Drug abuse. I did not condone any drug abuse, and we'll do everything possible to reduce... ...this serious threat to our society. Drugs are menacing our society. They're threatening our values and undercutting our institutions. They're killing our children. Thank you very much. ...and when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say "no. " Reagan says he will make it a priority of his presidency... ...to stop drug abuse in the United States. This is your brain on drugs. Those who smuggle and sell drugs are as dangerous to our national security... ...as any terrorist or foreign dictatorship. The Reagan administration is spending billions on two wars... ...the war on drugs at home and the struggle for Nicaragua abroad. If we do not act decisively in defense of freedom... ...new Cubas will arise from the ruins of today's conflicts. We will consult closely with the Freedom Fighters. The anti-communist rebels known as the "contras"... ...an army founded and funded by the CIA. Crack cocaine... a drug epidemic ...unlike any that's ever probably existed in the history of the world. For five dollars, you can begin the process of addicting people. Waging the war on drugs has cost taxpayers one hundred billion dollars over the last ten years The crack trade has triggered a spasm of gang warfare in south-central L.A... ...and DEA agents are swarming throughout. How many of you have crack houses... ...in your neighborhood? No brave law enforcement officer... ...no teacher, no doctor, need be told how hard and cruel America's drug problem has become.

Clip duration: 122 seconds
Views: 236
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: biography, crime, drama
Summary: Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.


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