Around the world Quote by Ayelet Waldman

I think it is now widely understood that the so-called "War on Drugs" has largely been a failure. Too many people have developed criminal…

— Bernie Sanders

Let's face it: the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave…

— John Hickenlooper

We have a problem with drugs? Let's declare war on drugs! We have a problem with crime? Let's declare war on crime! We have…

— Peter McWilliams

The war on drugs has been the engine of mass incarceration. Drug convictions alone constituted about two-thirds of the increase in the federal prison…

— Michelle Alexander

I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than…

— David Harsanyi

Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our police and…

— Milton Friedman

If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able to prevent…

— Juan Manuel Santos

It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably…

— George McGovern

The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the…

— Sting

We're already going down that path with illegal drug use and incarceration. I can't imagine it getting any worse.

— Greg Gutfeld

The whole drug war is nothing but a pretext to increase police power and personnel, and that, of course, is dead wrong. So many…

— William S. Burroughs

So many people view the war on drugs as a failure, as something that was perhaps intended and carried out with good intentions but…

— Denise Dresser