Addiction Quote by Ralph Nader

We can see in retrospect that criminalizing the consumption of alcohol proves not to be the solution to the very real problem of drunkenness.…

— Glenn Loury

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

“We cannot incarcerate ourselves out of addiction. Addiction is a medical crisis that—when it comes to nonviolent offenders—warrants medical interventions, not incarceration. Decades later,…

— Dominique DuBois Gilliard

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

— Michael K. Williams

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

The criminal justice system is not the right place - or it shouldn't be the place of first resort to provide addiction or mental…

— Ted Wheeler

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

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

We can't arrest and incarcerate addiction out of people. Not only do I think it's really inhumane, but it's ineffective and it cost us…

— Michael Botticelli

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

It is unacceptable that the way we have treated people who have become addicted in the past is by throwing them in prison. It's…

— Perri Peltz

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death.

— Russell Brand