--- title: "14 Drug Trade Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 14 Drug Trade quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Drug Trade sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/howard-coble-25253_austria_i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-prod_1191627.png" --- > [I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-coble/i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-productive-meetings-in-both/) [Howard Coble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-coble/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/howard-coble-25253_austria_i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-prod_1191627.png) > [ I think what everybody believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach \[to the drug trade\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-harper/i-think-what-everybody-believes-and-agrees-with-and-to-be-frank/) [Stephen Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/stephen-harper-3432_agree_i-think-what-everybody-believes-and-agre_145251.png) > [Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. The drug trade is responsible for much of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-montagne/honduras-has-one-of-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-world-the-drug/) [Renee Montagne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-montagne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/renee-montagne-28505_drug_honduras-has-one-of-the-highest-murder-r_1327280.jpg) > [The illegal drug trade is the financial engine that fuels many terrorist organizations around the world, including Osama bin Laden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hastert/the-illegal-drug-trade-is-the-financial-engine-that-fuels-many/) [Dennis Hastert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hastert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/dennis-hastert-17805_around-the-world_the-illegal-drug-trade-is-the-financial_1038488.jpg) > [Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/mexico-is-going-to-need-the-united-states-to-cooperate-in-order-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/barack-obama-17_corruption_mexico-is-going-to-need-the-united-state_2142764.jpg) > [Up to now we have faced external problems in an isolated fashion. One of these problems is precisely the drug trade and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-fujimori/up-to-now-we-have-faced-external-problems-in-an-isolated-fashion-one/) [Alberto Fujimori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-fujimori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/alberto-fujimori-30508_drug_up-to-now-we-have-faced-external-problem_2768735.jpg) > [Though it's thousands of miles away Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today Over here, its a drug trade, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/though-it-s-thousands-of-miles-away-sierra-leone-connect-to-what-we/) [Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/kanye-west-242_dies_though-it-s-thousands-of-miles-away-sier_2289827.jpg) > [“It would be a tragedy if the profits of the drug trade ­were allowed to corrupt Amer­i­ca and were ­later seen, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-case/it-would-be-a-tragedy-if-the-profits-of-the-drug-trade-were-allowed/) [Anne Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-case/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/anne-case-219941_corrupt_it-would-be-a-tragedy-if-the-profits-of_2293028.jpg) > [“The American craving for illegal, mind-altering, addictive chemicals provides a steady flow of American capital through the Texas border into Mexico and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-earl-maxwell/the-american-craving-for-illegal-mind-altering-addictive-chemicals/) [William Earl Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-earl-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/william-earl-maxwell-79507_border-control_the-american-craving-for-illegal-mind-al_290509.jpg) > [When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/when-some-of-the-gangs-got-involved-with-the-drug-trade/) [Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/meda-chesney-lind-35325_80s_when-some-of-the-gangs-got-involved-with_1012235.jpg) > [What I criticize is the message that the United States is sending to the youth of the world - to those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-pablo-escobar/what-i-criticize-is-the-message-that-the-united-states-is-sending-to/) [Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-pablo-escobar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_criticize_what-i-criticize-is-the-message-that-the_2235443.jpg) > [The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/the-war-on-drugs-has-failed-but-it-s-worse-than-that-it-is-actively/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/sting-3009_billions_the-war-on-drugs-has-failed-but-it-s-wor_2291742.png) > [I'll tell you what I'd do if it were up to me: I would establish a strictly controlled distribution network through which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-soros/i-ll-tell-you-what-i-d-do-if-it-were-up-to-me-i-would-establish-a/) [George Soros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-soros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/george-soros-1593_addict_i-ll-tell-you-what-i-d-do-if-it-were-up_843551.jpg) > [“In truth, the U.S.-sponsored international “War on Drugs” is a war on poor people, most of them subsistence farmers caught in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabor-mat/in-truth-the-u-s-sponsored-international-war-on-drugs-is-a-war-on/) [Gabor Maté](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabor-mat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/gabor-mat-1410_american-life_in-truth-the-u-s-sponsored-international_821583.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drug-trade/#itemlist", "name": "Drug Trade Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Coble" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-coble/i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-productive-meetings-in-both/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/howard-coble-25253_austria_i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-prod_1191627.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/howard-coble-25253_austria_i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-prod_1191627.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/howard-coble-25253_austria_i-am-looking-forward-to-a-series-of-prod_1191627.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role…” — Howard Coble", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think what everybody believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach [to the drug trade] is not working, but it is not clear what we should do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Harper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-harper/i-think-what-everybody-believes-and-agrees-with-and-to-be-frank/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/stephen-harper-3432_agree_i-think-what-everybody-believes-and-agre_145251.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/stephen-harper-3432_agree_i-think-what-everybody-believes-and-agre_145251.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/stephen-harper-3432_agree_i-think-what-everybody-believes-and-agre_145251.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think what everybody believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach [to…” — Stephen Harper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. 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Violent crime is…” — Sting", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'll tell you what I'd do if it were up to me: I would establish a strictly controlled distribution network through which I would make most drugs, excluding the most dangerous ones like crack, legally available. Initially I would keep the prices low enough to destroy the drug trade. Once that objective was attained I would keep raising the prices, very much like the excise duty on cigarettes, but I would make an exception for registered addicts in order to discourage crime. I would use a portion of the income for prevention and treatment. 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If the goal of the War on Drugs is to discourage or prevent drug use, it has failed. Among young people in North America drug use has reached unprecedented levels and enjoys unprecedented tolerance. According to figures quoted by Norm Stamper, the number of Americans who have used illegal drugs stands at 77 million. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that the number of prisoners has tripled, from 139 per 100,000 residents in 1980 to 476 per 100,000 in 2002, the vast majority being incarcerated after drug convictions. From 1980 to 1999 the annual number of Americans arrested for drug offences nearly tripled, from 580,900 to 1,532,200. “That’s a lot of enemies,” comments the ex–police chief. If the War’s purpose is to protect people and communities or to improve their quality of life, it fails disastrously. As the personal histories of Downtown Eastside addicts illustrate and as statistics show, the human costs are devastating. “One [result] which is especially cruel and will have a terrible impact on American life for many generations is the large increase in the number of women incarcerated for drug violations,” U.S. District Court Judge John T. Curtin has pointed out. From 1980 to 1996, there has been a 400 percent increase in the number of women prisoners. Many of those jailed for drug violations were mules or assistants. I venture that none was a principal organizer. Many are the mothers of small children who will be left without maternal care, and most probably without any parental care at all…The engine of punitive punishment of mothers will haunt this nation for many years to come. If the War’s aim is to end or even curtail the international drug trade, it has failed there, too. If it is to suppress the cultivation of plants from which the major substances of abuse are derived: once again, abject failure. 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