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Singham, A. W.; Sale, Kirkpatrick | September 27, 1986 issue

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The article focuses on drug panic in the U.S. during 1986. President Ronald Reagans' chat about drugs recalled former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's preposterous evocation of a "national malaise" in the summer of 1979. Fortunately, Carter wrote no harsh prescriptions to support his preachments. Self-examination, positive thinking and steadfastness were all he had the good sense to suggest. Reagan, on the other hand, has a whole arsenal of weapons ready for their moral rearmament. Millions will be tested for drugs, whether or not they give reasonable cause for suspicion.

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DRUG abuse; DRUG testing; REAGAN, Ronald; CARTER, Jimmy, 1924-; COMMUNIST self-criticism; UNITED States
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