“Until 1988, one year of imprisonment had been the maximum for possession of any amount of any drug.” — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The idea that [Jeff Sessions] is the man who is going to end the progress on the drug war makes me want… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
“Fucking war on drugs, my ass. Should have legalized it twenty years ago. Rather come up against a guy smoking a joint… — John Lansing Copy Share Image
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. — Charles Evans Hughes 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
Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On… — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you're doing is making criminals rich and powerful. — Jesse Ventura 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 illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis -- I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax and regulate. It's one of the… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Although our war on drugs must be fortified with the best laws, enforcement efforts and resources, we would not be successful without… — Mel Carnahan Copy Share Image
When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“In October 1982, president Reagan officially announced his administration's war on drugs. At the time he declared this new war, less than… — Michelle Alexander 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
There is a safe, nontoxic drug called naloxone that can instantly reverse opioid overdose and prevent most of these deaths. But the… — Maia Szalavitz 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
There's the old saying that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.… — Jacob G. Hornberger 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
The War on Drugs is a war on people, but particularly it's been a war on low-income people and a war on… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
In claiming that prohibition, not the drugs themselves, is the problem, Nadelmann and many others - even policemen - have said that… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“Before the war on drugs, the war on terror, or the war on cancer, there was the war on female sexual desire.… — Christopher Ryan 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
You have to understand that we've had more than 40 years now of massively financed propaganda called the 'War on Drugs'. — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
We are losing the 'War on Drugs,' which means there's a war going on and people on drugs are winning it. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts. — Victor Mitchell Copy Share Image
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Guatemala commends the visionary decision of the citizens of Colorado and Washington — Otto Perez Molina Copy Share Image
“But anyone who believes in the war on drugs is missing a crucial point as to why the war can never be… — Ryan Vanderford 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
If ur going to have a war on drugs, have them against ALL drugs, including alcohol, the number one offender. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
I say this as the president of the country which has suffered more deaths, more blood and more sacrifices in this war — Juan Manuel Santos 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
The war on drugs is really the war on people who buy drugs from people who don't lobby the government. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I definitely believe in legalizing drugs. It does take the mystery away. It takes the money away, so suddenly there are no… — Winona Ryder 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
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
We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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