During the last campaign. I suggested that the problem of the use of drugs had extended far beyond it being a strictly local problem. and for this reason I suggested there be greater Federal participation in an allout war to stop the flow of narcotics into our country and into the hands of our youth. At that time I suggested that the Federal Government increase the amount of custom agents and our border patrol as step 1 in this fight. As step 2 I suggested that International Commissions be formed to aid in the fight to eliminate the flow of drugs at the point of origin. Statistics show that between 1960 and 1967 juvenile arrests involving the use of drugs rose by almost 800 percent and
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