Damage Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

If we were going to look at how pharmalogical drugs influence crime, we should probably look at alcohol.

— Carl Hart

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot…

— Steven Soderbergh

We should decriminalize all drugs. The assumptions on which our drug policies are based are flawed.

— Carl Hart

Drugs have destroyed many lives, but wrongheaded governmental policies have destroyed many more. I think it's obvious that after 40 years of war on…

— Kofi Annan

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

I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question'…

— George Papandreou

The issue is, you do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that…

— Kevin Sabet

“With drug use related harms, explanatory models are often presented as predictive tools, even though they ‘are [rarely if ever] predictive of consequent behavior’…

— Daniel Waterman

As soon as people realize that the majority of people in this country take drugs then the better off we'll all be. It's not…

— Noel Gallagher

By bringing about a rational drug policy, we'd be freeing up a lot of resources for real crime. Drug disputes would get played out…

— Gary Johnson

Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug-related violence that is currently plaguing our streets.

— Kurt Schmoke

I think our drug laws need to be made scientifically, as best as possible, recognizing that values will always be part of that.

— Maia Szalavitz