"Treating a patient is more than just giving that person a pill. You have to understand the person and the community," said Rep. Mary Bland, R-Kansas City.
"Alcohol is the number one drug problem for inner cities, not crack and not heroin," said Rep. Mary Bland, D-Kansas City. "Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's in the best interest of the people."
"We can label a child for the rest of their lives," said Rep. Mary Bland, D-Kansas City. "We've got to make the parents accountable, the school board accountable and teachers accountable."
"I will just be trying to orchestrate the bill so it will be passable out of committee," said the committee's chair, Rep. Mary Bland, D-Kansas City. "Whether it will be or not, I don't know."
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