"It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need
to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more
baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more
alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts. " | Quote by: | |
Date: | September 17, 1969, House Select Committee on Crime |
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