If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“The line in the sand that Carter drew along Iran’s Zagros Mountains now stretches from Central Asia through the Middle East and… — Andrew J. Bacevich Copy Share Image
If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
By creating false environment of a war on drugs, and cruel and unusual punishment with these crimes, 50% of our U.S. population… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“EIGHTH AMENDMENT The government shall not “crack down” on drug crime while taking kickbacks from industries and companies perpetuating addiction and abuse.… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
“War on Drugs...will only be won when we point our thumbs at ourselves and ask the hard question: “How am I contributing… — David W Earle Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We're talking about a prison-industrial complex. We're talking about a war on drugs that's generating unprecedented levels of incarcerated folk. We're talking… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The whole drug war is nothing but a pretext to increase police power and personnel, and that, of course, is dead wrong.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
No matter what federal program one selects - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the drug war, the income tax and the IRS, education,… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
“The first casualty of war is truth, and the war on drugs is no different” — Dominic Milton Trott Copy Share Image
“People are dying because of ignorance. They are dying because unremitting propaganda is denying them essential safety information. They are dying because… — Dominic Milton Trott Copy Share Image
The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Although a million black men can be found in prisons and jails, public acknowledgment of the role of the criminal justice system… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
My wife always says that I will be stuck with this forever: I am the difficult one. With Jack Nicholson they always… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
The war on drugs - a big-government product if there ever was one - has been wildly unsuccessful, by any metric. — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
“The accession of not one but three illegal drug users in a row to the US presidency constitutes an existential challenge to… — Jeffrey Dhywood Copy Share Image
“This is what Mexican cops appreciate that American cops don’t. We are partners, mi hermano Arturo, in the same enterprise. Comrades in… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
