The War on Drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs. — Ethan Nadelmann Copy Share Image
If the Fed had a war on abortion like its war on poverty or war on drugs, within five years men would… — Harry Browne 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
The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts. — Victor Mitchell 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
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
Guatemala commends the visionary decision of the citizens of Colorado and Washington — Otto Perez Molina Copy Share Image
I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East,… — Gary Johnson 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
Look at all the drug busts all over the country. There must be an audience there somewhere. My feeling is that if… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
Justified by the war on drugs, the United States is in the midst of a prison binge made obvious by the fact… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
These are busy times for the Border Patrol, the customs agents, immigration folks; but if we are going to send these agencies… — Bob Filner Copy Share Image
Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000, 'legal' drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200, marijuana: 0. Considering government subsidies of tobacco, just… — Ralph Nader 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
“I actually took them all on quite handily, although I learned when I came to study the issue that I was completely… — Harvey Pekar 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
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
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
We have a problem with drugs? Let's declare war on drugs! We have a problem with crime? Let's declare war on crime!… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's understanding of what the drug war had cost the country was meaningful. And very quietly in his second term, he… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Drug warriors' staunch opposition to needle exchanges to prevent the spread of HIV in addicts delayed the programs' widespread introduction in most… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
We started America with the sin of slavery that led right into the post-reconstruction period which was the greatest period of domestic… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
“It made economic sense, if you looked at it from the right angle; it was not in the Clan’s interest for the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“The critical point is that thousands of people are swept into the criminal justice system every year pursuant to the drug war… — Michelle Alexander 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
Right here, in this same headquarters, 52 years ago, the Convention that gave the birth certificate to the war on drugs was approved — Juan Manuel Santos 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
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. — Charles Evans Hughes 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
“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 identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you're doing is making criminals rich and powerful. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We need to take a hard look at the war on drugs and the number of non-violent offenders who end up getting… — Bernie Sanders 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
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
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
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
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
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