House Proceeding 07-24-09 on Jul 24th, 2009 :: 1:22:45 to 1:25:00
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Alan B. Mollohan: epidemic. i urge my colleagues to follow the science and to join me in voting no on this amendment. i yie time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from indiana. mr. sou reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gen

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Speech By: Alan B. Mollohan

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Alan B. Mollohan: wisconsin. mr. obey: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from west virginia, mr. mollohan. the eaker pro tempore: -- the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to this amendment. for those of you, my colleagues, who might support this amendment because you believe that withholding clean

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Alan B. Mollohan: needles from addicted drug users is somehow helping in the fight against ill legal drug use, -- illegal drug use, please allow me to suggest that that is a mistaken view and that you are really promoting the addiction among active

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Alan B. Mollohan: addicts and those with whom they socialize. indeed that's the point. needle exchange is not about promoting drug use. it is in fact about preventing disease. now, to understand why this is true, you really must understand that at the heart of addiction is craving.

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Alan B. Mollohan: an addict, a person who is addicted, ey are addicted because they crave. they have to have the drug that artificially gives them the feeling of well-being, that instantaneous euphoria. there is instant craving. and there are lots of ways to enable drug use. there are lots of ways to help

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Alan B. Mollohan: promote drug use in the country, to enable families allowing drug users to have access to resoues is the most prominent one. but the needle exchange program advocated for and carried out by health professionals is not one of those enablers.

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Alan B. Mollohan: because, again, why? at the moment that an addicted person has to have the drug, he