Alcoholics Quote by Tom McCall

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

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

The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government…

— Kurt Schmoke

Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is…

— Ayelet Waldman

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

The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.

— Barry McCaffrey

Incarceration is as useful for addiction as it is for diabetes - i.e., not useful and potentially harmful, particularly for kids.

— Maia Szalavitz

With such compelling information, the question is why haven't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have applied them…

— Kofi Annan

With such compelling information, the question is why havent we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

“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

By incarcerating someone who is homeless or addicted or who suffers from mental health challenges, we only further destabilize that person and create situations…

— Chesa Boudin