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> [You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who are using any drugs. I think they absolutely need treatment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/you-do-not-have-to-go-to-either-criminalizing-and-throwing-people-in/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

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> [The issue is, you do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who are using any drugs. I think they absolutely need treatment. But we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/the-issue-is-you-do-not-have-to-go-to-either-criminalizing-and/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

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## More by Kevin Sabet

> [We are just coming out of a 100-year stupor from being lied to by the tobacco industry for a century about the effects on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/we-are-just-coming-out-of-a-100-year-stupor-from-being-lied-to-by-the/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/you-do-not-have-to-go-to-either-criminalizing-and-throwing-people-in/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [Let's put research into the hands of legitimate scientists, not pot profiteers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/let-s-put-research-into-the-hands-of-legitimate-scientists-not-pot/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [The issue is, you do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/the-issue-is-you-do-not-have-to-go-to-either-criminalizing-and/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [Make no mistake about it: Legalization is not about, you know, Cheech & Chong smoking marijuana or, you know, a Grateful Dead concert; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/make-no-mistake-about-it-legalization-is-not-about-you-know-cheech/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [I don't think young black men, or anybody, should get a criminal record for low-level use. You know, I don't think that we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/i-don-t-think-young-black-men-or-anybody-should-get-a-criminal-record/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [There's a very complex connection between crime and addiction, because a lot of people are committing crime to either fuel their drug habit, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/there-s-a-very-complex-connection-between-crime-and-addiction-because/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

> [I don't think young black men, or anybody, should get a criminal record for low-level use. You know, I don't think that we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sabet/i-don-t-think-young-black-men-or-anybody-should-get-a-criminal-record-2/)

[Kevin Sabet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sabet/)

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