Home / Quotes / Quote by Kevin Sabet

Quote by Kevin Sabet

“I don't think young black men, or anybody, should get a criminal record for low-level use. You know, I don't think that we should spend our law enforcement time jailing or imprisoning marijuana users. But to solve that problem, you don't need to go to the other extreme of creating Big Tobacco 2.0.”

Quote by Kevin Sabet

Author

Kevin Sabet is an American author born on February 20, 1979. His works primarily focus on drug abuse policies and social issues. more

You May Also Like

“Make no mistake about it: Legalization is not about, you know, Cheech & Chong smoking marijuana or, you know, a Grateful Dead concert; it's about creating the next Marlboro of our time, the next Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, the Big Tobacco all over again.”

Knows Bigs Next Mistake Creating Grateful Our Time Smoking Concerts Marijuana Tobacco Philip Morris Philip Morris

Author:Kevin Sabet

“We are just coming out of a 100-year stupor from being lied to by the tobacco industry for a century about the effects on young people, on cancer, these candy cigarettes that they promised had nothing to do with kids, Joe Camel that they promised was focused on the, you know, 55-year-old white male smoker, which we know is wrong. And we finally got out of that. Why in the world would we want to create the same thing, just not Big Tobacco this time, Big Marijuana?”

People Knows World Want Years Bigs Kids Young White Effects Century Industry Males Cancer Focused Coming Out Marijuana Cigarette Candy Lied Tobacco Camels Smokers Being Lied Tobacco Industry

Author:Kevin Sabet

“It was really John's [Musker] idea to begin with to tell a story set in the world of the South Pacific, Polynesia. He started, he just loved the world and he started reading a lot of mythology, which most people are not that familiar with.”

People World Ideas Stories Reading South Mythology Familiar Pacific Polynesia

Author:Ron Clements

“[John Musker] got me reading the mythology and we very early on we worked up a basic storyline centered around the character of Maui. He just seemed like a great character to kind of build a movie around. He's this mythic demi-god, bigger than life character. He pulled up islands with his magical fishhook. He slowed down the sun. He's Pan Pacific.”

Kind Character Reading Sun Bigger Mythology Islands Pacific Great Character Storyline Maui Bigger Than Life

Author:Ron Clements

“There are stories of Maui everywhere in the South Pacific. They're different. Different areas have different interpretations. But and so we [with John Musker] fashioned, that was kind of the inspiration and we came up with a very simple basic storyline, focusing on Maui.”

Kind Different Stories Inspiration Simple Areas South Interpretation Pacific Storyline Maui Different Interpretations

Author:Ron Clements

“Taika [Waititi] came up... We kind of had and we sort of named this girl Moana, named after the ocean. And we had a very, a visual outline of the story. And we heard about Taika from people in the South Pacific that we talked to.”

People Kind Stories Girl Heard Ocean South Visuals Outlines Pacific This Girl

Author:Ron Clements

“We really wanted someone from the culture to sort of do that. And we heard about Taika [Waititi]. We saw his movie Boy, which that he had directed and written and which was great. We read another one of his scripts that was great. And we brought him in, showed him what we were doing. He really liked the idea.”

Ideas Wanted Culture Boys Saws Written Heard Scripts Wanted Someone

Author:Ron Clements

“You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who are using any drugs. I think they absolutely need treatment.”

People Thinking Needs Should Drug Prison Treatment Throwing

Author:Kevin Sabet

“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 they're going to do anyway, whether it's legal or not, or under the influence of drugs, which they're going to do more, if it's legal.”

People Ifs Influence Crime Habit Drug Connections Complexes Addiction Fuel Committing Crimes

Author:Kevin Sabet

“It's very rare that you get material that rolls off your tongue.”

Materials Tongue

Author:Pauletta Pearson Washington