Drug Quote by Noam Chomsky

By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is dangerous. They…

— Andrea Barthwell

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

— Richard Thompson

There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined.

— John Walters

Teen drug use went up dramatically in the 1990s.

— John Walters

One of the things that has happened is that our drug laws have been institutionalized now. If you want to say that somebody's a…

— Carl Hart

Our teenage "druggies" are habituated to drugs rather than addicted. While beer and other alcoholic beverages are preferred drugs, kids have simply not used…

— Virgil Miller Newton

Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go…

— John Walters

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

The motivations for using drugs, often it's pretty obvious and common: you know, peer pressure. You know, kids are struggling growing up.

— David Sheff

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

Marijuana should be licensed and kept out of the hands of teenagers. It's too good for them.

— Pat Paulsen