“In truth, the U.S.-sponsored international “War on Drugs” is a war on poor people, most of them subsistence farmers caught in a… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to… — Terence McKenna 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
Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
“Few would guess that our prison population leaped from approximately 350,000 to 2.3 million in such a short period of time due… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Our current prison state has the dual effect of getting rid of a superfluous population of basically unskilled workers (with a close… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The war on drugs was an ideology the government came up with, and there never really was a war on drugs. I… — George Jung Copy Share Image
Our government's got a war on drugs. That's certainly better then no drugs at all. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If we would end the war on drugs, you would see the end of the militarization of our police forces and you… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary,… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, the poetic state, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is fundamentally seeking through… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“We cannot incarcerate ourselves out of addiction. Addiction is a medical crisis that—when it comes to nonviolent offenders—warrants medical interventions, not incarceration.… — Dominique DuBois Gilliard 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
Nothing has contributed more to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color in the United States than the War on Drugs — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective in eliminating black voters in the age of mass incarceration than they were during Jim… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The fact that people of all colors have been ensnared by the drug war helps to preserve the system as a whole… — Michelle Alexander 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
That's why you need the war on drugs to put all these pot smokers in prison so that the prisons remain full… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The War on Drugs will go down in history as the most racist crusade since slavery.” — Thor Benson Copy Share Image
America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content. — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
What was happening was the war on drugs. That was the primary culprit I could see that was getting in the way… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
