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"Drugs take away the dream from every child's heart and replace it with a nightmare, and it's time we in America stand up and replace those dreams."
-- Nancy Reagan
"Just Say No":
In 1982, a schoolgirl asked Nancy Reagan what to do if she was offered drugs. The first lady answered, "just say no," and her campaign against drug abuse had a new name. "Just Say No" and Nancy Reagan remain linked to this day.
The first lady traveled nearly 250,000 miles across the United States and foreign countries to fight substance abuse. Her work included speeches, articles, television appearances and visits to rehabilitation centers.
By 1988, more than 12,000 "Just Say No" clubs had been formed around the world. |