--- title: "1 Drug Trade Quotes By Sting" description: "1 Drug Trade quotes by Sting. Plus more from Sting and more Drug Trade sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/sting-3009_billions_the-war-on-drugs-has-failed-but-it-s-wor_2291742.png" --- > [The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has been consigned. People who genuinely need help can’t get…](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) ## More by Sting > [I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-do-my-best-work-when-i-am-in-pain-and-turmoil/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [“Every road I walked would take me down to the sea With every broken promise in my sack And every love would always send…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/every-road-i-walked-would-take-me-down-to-the-sea-with-every-broken/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [I quite like mistakes. I think they're human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-quite-like-mistakes-i-think-they-re-human/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [“...being in love is to be relieved of gravity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/being-in-love-is-to-be-relieved-of-gravity/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [I went off to fight some battle that I'd invented inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-went-off-to-fight-some-battle-that-i-d-invented-inside-me/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [Like music, yoga is a journey -- one that is long enough so you keep developing, and keep learning. I don't see an end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/like-music-yoga-is-a-journey-one-that-is-long-enough-so-you-keep/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [They build machines they can't control, and bury the waste in a great big hole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/they-build-machines-they-can-t-control-and-bury-the-waste-in-a-great/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-can-t-really-change-my-life-to-accommodate-people-who-are-jealous-i/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [“You have to be yourself. Be very honest about who and what you are. And if people still like or love you, that's great.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/you-have-to-be-yourself-be-very-honest-about-who-and-what-you-are-and/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [Love is stronger than justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/love-is-stronger-than-justice/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/let-your-pain-be-my-sorrow-let-your-tears-be-my-tears-too-let-your/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-don-t-think-happiness-is-necessarily-the-reason-we-re-here-i-think/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [I realize that nothing's as it seems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-realize-that-nothing-s-as-it-seems/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [“Great music as much about the space in between the notes as it is about the notes themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/great-music-as-much-about-the-space-in-between-the-notes-as-it-is/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) > [My comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow meaningless party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/my-comfortable-existence-is-reduced-to-a-shallow-meaningless-party/) [Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drug-trade/sting/#itemlist", "name": "1 Drug Trade Quotes By Sting", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. 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