“I think that it has to be a very humane approach to this issue, and we have to come up with solutions to it. But we also have to do something about the drugs that are coming across our southern border that are killing our kids... I think there are some people who want to leave this country and return to the country they came from, but obviously it requires a broader solution that that, and we all know that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantCountryKidsIssuesReturnRepublicanDrugApproachSolutionsKillingCome UpBordersSouthernHumane Author:John McCain
“By banning psychedelic research we have not only given up the study of an interesting drug or group of substances, but also abandoned one of the most promising approaches to the understanding of the human mind and consciousness.” MindHumansGivenUnderstandingInterestingConsciousnessStudyGroupsDrugApproachResearchSubstanceHuman MindAbandonedGiven UpPsychedelic Author:Stanislav Grof
“It is becoming clear that many diseases - especially cancer - are highly complex and may respond better to a multi-drug approach which targets many different aspects of a disease process.” MayDifferentProcessClearBecomingDrugDiseaseApproachAspectComplexesCancerTarget Author:Eva Vertes
“Some of my music requires an obsessive-compulsive approach and a real embodiment of excessiveness. So I really have to live in that world of overstimulation. Sometimes I think it's like a drug; more is more, and you can never get enough. The older I get, the more I crave that excessive aesthetic. It's never going to satisfy me.” ThinkingWorldRealSometimesEnoughDrugApproachAestheticCraveObsessiveEmbodimentObsessive CompulsiveExcessivenessOverstimulation Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Cutting through complexity to find a solution runs through four predictable stages: determine a goal, find the highest-leverage approach, discover the ideal technology for that approach, and in the meantime, make the smartest application of the technology that you already have - whether it's something sophisticated, like a drug, or something simpler, like a bednet.” RunningGoalTechnologyFourCuttingStageDrugApproachHighestSolutionsIdealsDetermineComplexityApplicationSophisticatedPredictable Author:Bill Gates
“I think what everybody believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach [to the drug trade] is not working, but it is not clear what we should do.” ThinkingShouldBelieveClearDrugApproachAgreeTradeCurrentsFrank Author:Stephen Harper
“Cancer vaccines are in the future. And they could be very effective. Checkpoint blockade, which is acting your immune system to recognize those cancer cells and kill them is another very promising approach and there have been some checkpoint blockade drugs out in the market now that will release the brake on T lymphocytes, the T lymphocyte is your major killer of tumor cells.” Has BeensActingDrugApproachMajorsCancerReleaseCellsKillersImmuneVaccinesImmune SystemBrakeTumorsBlockadesCheckpoints Author:Laurie Glimcher
“I believe the approach we take to talking to our kids about drugs can, in some cases, mean the difference between life and death. So my approach is really simple: I just don't want them to die. And I want them to be able to save someone's life if they see someone die.” IfsWantBelieveMeanKidsAbleDiesI BelieveDifferencesSimpleTalkingCasesDrugApproachLife And DeathBetween Life And Death Author:Ayelet Waldman
“The legalization of drugs, a proliferation of a public health approach to drug use and drug addition, a compassionate mental health system. And can we just say gender equality and the end of mass incarceration and the final shedding of the vestiges of a slave-based nation? Can we have that, too? Can I have it all?” EndsUseNationsDrugApproachMassMental HealthSlaveFinalsGenderCompassionateGender EqualityPublic HealthProliferationIncarcerationDrug UseMass IncarcerationHealth System Author:Ayelet Waldman