What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The thing about our drug laws is that they're not based on science. — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think our drug laws need to be made scientifically, as best as possible, recognizing that values will always be part of… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
One of the things that has happened is that our drug laws have been institutionalized now. If you want to say that… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know what's causing violence in… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
It's the new slavery. It came out of the drug laws and it really is something we're going to have to confront,… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know whats causing violence in… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
“This is not about you. Nobody gives a shit whether you like pot or hate it. This is a race issue. It's… — Bruce Barcott Copy Share Image
It's going to have to come to a point where politicians in their own political self-interest think it's safe and advantageous to… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
Most Americans violate drug laws in their lifetime, but the enemy in this war has been racially defined. Not by accident, the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
America didn't have a drug problem before it passed drug laws. While drugs were consumed by large numbers of people — the… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“the government’s drug laws were at best proven ineffectual every day and at worst were misguidedly focused on supply rather than demand,… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
Repealing drug laws would remove the risks involved with producing and distributing drugs, bringing 'street prices' crashing down (it's estimated that a… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, the state of Oregon is extremely liberal in its state government and judicial system.That state has… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
You got a million drug laws now because the bosses figured there was more money in putting people in jail than taxing… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Individual freedom and drug laws contradict each other. In a genuinely free society, people are free to ingest whatever they want to… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
“It’s not the drug that causes the junkie it’s the laws that causes the junkie because of course the drug laws means… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
![“I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black people think they're as good as white people - which to him, obviously, was a very…” quote by Maia Szalavitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b14/maia-szalavitz-21394_bases_i-know-that-sounds-really-extreme-but-if_2470423.jpg)
