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
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
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
I remember once Prince dropped by to see me when I was in Minneapolis and I was sick, with a bag of… — Stevie Nicks 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
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
“Always, you wake up to an unpleasant memory and an unpleasant body and your spirit is reduced to a pile of dirty… — Anthony Kiedis 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
When someone tells me that they insist on having drinks with me, and there are some cultures where sealing the deal or… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
“When you're using drugs, you're driven by this mystical black energy, a force inside you that just won't quit. And the weaker… — Anthony Kiedis 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
“Choosing sides, the captain of the Red Team says, “We’ll give you our best -pitcher.…” And we’ll take the kid who picks… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“The reason the program is so successful is because alcoholics help other alcoholics. I've never met a Normie (our lingo for a… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“To begin with, there is an almost compulsive promiscuity associated with homosexual behavior. 75% of homosexual men have more than 100 sexual… — William Lane Craig 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
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
“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
Fortunately I am not the first person to tell you that you will never die. You simply lose your body. You will… — Cookie Mueller 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
I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“One of the first actions we take at Passages is to ruthlessly scrutinize, always under a doctor's supervision and care, the specific… — Chris Prentiss 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
In the short term, corporal punishment may produce obedience. But it is a fact documented by research that in the long term… — Alice Miller 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
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
“I grew up in Germany. Europe is far more liberal than America. Even most conservative right-wing parties over there are to the… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“I believe you can consider yourself a successful prose writer when the number of words you put on a page each day… — Roman Payne 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
There have been crazy highs and lows in my life. I've duelled with drug addiction and watched people dying... like everybody. I'm… — Roddy Bottum Copy Share Image
“Harm reduction is often perceived as being inimical to the ultimate purpose of “curing” addiction—that is, of helping addicts transcend their habits… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Depression is about anger, it's about anxiety, it's about character and heredity. But it is also about something that is in its… — Tim Lott Copy Share Image
Right now we have millions of people in our country who are suffering in isolation, thinking that they are the only ones… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
“I kept going deeper and deeper into this world of repetition...The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“My daughter, Carly, has been in and out of drug treatment facilities since she was thirteen. Every time she goes away, I… — Dina Kucera Copy Share Image