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Drug Quotes by Milton Friedman
- When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been happening with drugs?
- Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other measure that would…
- Had drugs been decriminalized, crack would never have been invented and there would today be fewer addicts... The ghettos would not be drug-and-crime-infested no-man's lands...…
- So long as large sums of money are involved - and they are bound to be if drugs are illegal - it is literally impossible…
- 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 our…
- Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike. Our experience…
- If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and drug rehabilitation, in…
- Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the…
- I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most…
- See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug…
More Drug Quotes
- If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the… — Michael Badnarik
- Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter… — Michael Badnarik
- Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long… — Douglas Adams
- I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs.… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
- I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep. — George Best
- I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but… — Steven Adler
- By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly… — Jo Brand
- Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the… — Harry Browne
- I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from… — Harry Browne
- Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror. — William S. Burroughs
- I've seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the terrible consequences… — Columba Bush