Too much of my family has messed with drugs. Addiction might be in my genes, so I ain't never tryin' it. It's… — Edgerrin James Copy Share Image
“Drug cartels have taken the driver’s seat, training our young men and women on how best to self destruct, while the larger… — Oche Otorkpa Copy Share Image
“Sure I tampered with my body chemistry -- and I emerged more than human! It's only a matter of time before an… — José Canseco Copy Share Image
Drug addiction is tearing our communities and our country apart, and until we decide we're going to think differently about it, until… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“The results of these and other studies were eye-opening. The children who exhibited delayed gratification scored higher on almost every measure of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything…I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“If Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist wasn’t addicted to the pain-killing drug his doctor prescribed, but instead it was just that the… — William Lutz Copy Share Image
Anorexia: isnt skipping a meal. Bulimia: isnt making yourself puke every once in a while. Self-harm: isnt taking a razor to your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Not only do we avert our eyes from the hardcore drug addict to avoid seeing ourselves; we do so to avoid facing… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict? The answer is that he usually does not intend… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“A patient complains of feeling nervous or fearful. These feelings and behaviors suggest that the patient has an anxiety disorder, and the… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“You know how old people lose all shame about eating, and it makes you puke to watch them? Old junkies are the… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
“In any disease, say smoking-induced lung or heart disease, organs and tissues are damaged and function in pathological ways. When the brain… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“disorder, chronic pain, and bipolar and other mood disorders. The procedure was also used to treat perceived defective personality traits that included… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
The disease concept of homosexuality as with the disease concept of all so-called mental illnesses, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, or suicide… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
The bigger picture is that over the last 30 years, we have spent $1 trillion waging a drug war that has failed… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“But in many individuals in whom separateness is not relieved in other ways, the search for the sexual orgasm assumes a function… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
It [Moonlight movie] deals with drug addiction, drug dealing, and single parenthood, but they are three dimensional characters. You understand where they… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
The pervasive brutality in current fiction - the death, disease, dysfunction, depression, dismemberment, drug addiction, dementia, and dreary little dramas of domestic… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
There was an uncommon array of people in there [rehab] with me, and I became friends with all of them. You recognize… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“Modest, conventional expectations weren't enough to lure Adam Brown away from the power of drug addiction that ensnared him. Instead, the college… — Eric Blehm Copy Share Image
In the gay world, some of the most enriching and incredibly life-affirming and shaping relationships, very often between younger boys and older… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“The decision-making part of the brain of an individual who has been using crystal meth is very interesting. When Carly and Andy… — Dina Kucera Copy Share Image
“The drive downtown is an experience unto itself. You're controlled by this dark energy that's about to take you to a place… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon. — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
There isn't a feeling you can get on drugs that you can't get without drugs. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“When the youths have jobs to do, they won’t have drugs and crimes to do.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Addiction isn't about using drugs. It's about what the drug does to your life. — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“Using excuses for the predicament you're in and minimizing your situation, whether it is drug or alcohol use, is a sure sign… — Alexandra Sobetsky Copy Share Image