Addiction Quote by Kevin Sabet

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail…

— Ralph Nader

There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay…

— Danny Sugerman

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…

— Milton Friedman

Addiction is a health issue, not a social issue, not a crime, not a legal issue.

— Michael K. Williams

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more…

— Shirley Chisholm

[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is…

— Jay-Z

“Drug addicts driven to crime to finance their drug addiction are not often inclined toward violent crime. Violence requires all different kinds of energy,…

— David Foster Wallace

I think that addiction is a very, very important thing that has to be treated, but has to be treated as a health problem…

— Wagner Moura

“Many people fear that decriminalization and the controlled dispensing of drugs will lead to widespread substance use among people who are now deterred from…

— Gabor Maté

If you're a drug addict, then you've always got drugs, so you're a criminal. So you're gonna get into problems.

— Russell Brand

Addiction isn't about using drugs. It's about what the drug does to your life.

— Enock Maregesi

“The indispensable foundation of a rational stance toward drug addiction would be the decriminalization of all substance dependence and the provision of such substances…

— Gabor Maté