Carrie Quote by Nick Broomfield

Cocaine and crack are essentially the same thing. Cocaine is a middle-class drug. Crack is a poor person's drug, which carries a felony conviction…

— Nick Broomfield

There's a very complex connection between crime and addiction, because a lot of people are committing crime to either fuel their drug habit, which…

— Kevin Sabet

Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people.... Actually, the peak…

— Noam Chomsky

I've never been accused of a felony. I never spent time behind bars except for a few overnight jail times back in the Sixties.…

— Johnny Cash

While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other,…

— Byron White

We've got thousands and thousands of people in jail on minor drug violations and they really don't need to be in jail. They're people…

— Sonny Barger

“Before we begin our tour of the drug war, it is worthwhile to get a couple of myths out of the way. The first…

— Michelle Alexander

It's not called cocaine any more. It's now referred to as Crack Classic.

— Jay Leno

For the rest of your life you must check the box on employment applications asking the dreaded question: "Have you ever been convicted of…

— Michelle Alexander

People charged with drug offenses, though, are typically poor people of color. They are routinely charged with felonies and sent to prison.

— Michelle Alexander

You know, if you’re caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you’re going to go to jail. If it happens repeatedly,…

— Elizabeth Warren

“Merely reducing prison terms does not have a major impact on the majority of people in the system. It is the badge of inferiority—the…

— Michelle Alexander