Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content. — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
“The first casualty of war is truth, and the war on drugs is no different” — Dominic Milton Trott Copy Share Image
The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is very, very real, and the war on helping people with mental illness is very, very real. — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
People lose their lives in the drug wars and you don't have to prove it to yourself because others have proved it… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It's expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end. — Amy Poehler 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
Today, aid to Colombia is given under the pretext of a drug war. That's pretty hard to take seriously. Ten years ago,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The War on Drugs will go down in history as the most racist crusade since slavery.” — Thor Benson Copy Share Image
States began to realize how much money they were spending on incarceration and how much money they were spending fighting this ludicrous… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
In the 1920s, we thought the problems associated with alcohol could be solved by police and jails. Prohibition taught us we were… — Rodney S. Quinn Copy Share Image
I think it is now widely understood that the so-called "War on Drugs" has largely been a failure. Too many people have… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
More is spent in a single month [in the U.S.] fighting the war on drugs than all monies ever expended domestically or… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth… — Thomas Jefferson 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
The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
None of us are rational economic men as we're supposed to be portrayed in economic theory where mixes of passions, of desires,… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be… — Kurt Vonnegut 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 have now spent 1 trillion dollars waging the drug war since it began. A trillion. Those funds could have been used… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
For those who say that the war on drugs and the system of mass incarceration really isn't about race, I say there… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The federal government overrules state laws where state laws permit medicinal marijuana for people dying of cancer. The federal government goes in… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“The path taken by the authorities in their so-called Rauschgiftbekämpfung, or “war on drugs,” lay less in an intensification of the opium… — Norman Ohler Copy Share Image
“It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of legislative authority," the Federalist tell us. And… — Gene Healy Copy Share Image
“As if the free military equipment, training, and cash grants were not enough, the Reagan administration provided law enforcement with yet another… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The extraordinary increase in prison admissions due to parole and probation violations is due almost entirely to the War on Drugs. With… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Before we begin our tour of the drug war, it is worthwhile to get a couple of myths out of the way.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“All the substances that are the main drugs of abuse today originate in natural plant products and have been known to human… — Gabor Maté 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
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