“Having more and newer things each year has become not just something we want but something we need. The idea of more, of ever increasing wealth, has become the center of our identity and our security, and we are caught up by it as the addict by his drugs.” WantNeedsYearsIdeasWealthInspiringSecurityIdentityDrugCaughtCaught UpAddict Author:Paul L Wachtel
“[Drug] Addiction is awful, the worst if it is your kid. Plenty of loving parents who did everything "right" find themselves with kids caught up with drugs, and plenty of absentee parents have kids who never touch the stuff.” IfsKidsStuffParentWorstDrugAddictionCaughtAwfulPlentyCaught UpDrug AddictionDrug AddictLoving Parents Author:Roxanne Roberts
“While alcohol ... continues to wreak havoc in America, supported by a $6 billion-a-year alcohol industry advertising campaign extolling the joy of inebriation, the far less harmful drug of marijuana remains illegal and continues to ruin people's lives - only if they are caught possessing and convicted of that crime.” PeopleIfsYearsAmericaJoyCrimeIndustryDrugRemainsCaughtAlcoholBillionsCampaignsAdvertisingRuinsIllegalMarijuanaPossessingHavocInebriation Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life.” IfsShouldMindDrugPerformancesCaughtBannedPerformance Enhancing Drugs Author:Michael Bisping
“Drug smugglers often use juveniles to carry their shipments into the U.S. because they know the juveniles will not be prosecuted if caught.” IfsKnowsUseDrugCaughtSmugglers Author:Timothy Murphy
“[Robert Downey was being singled out for] selective prosecution. He's a sweet guy who never did harm to anyone except himself. He's been doing drugs for 20 years and functioning for 20 years, and in those 20 years there've been hundreds of people who've been getting high constantly and behaved very destructively and have not been arrested. Robert's real problem is he gets caught.” PeopleYearsRealProblemGuySweetDrugCaughtHarmArrestedBeing SingleReal ProblemsSelectiveGetting HighProsecutionRobert DowneySweet Guy Author:James Toback
“Rush Limbaugh, who has made a career preaching that anybody who does drugs has got to go right to jail - do not pass go, no questions asked, right to jail - gets caught doing thirty oxycontin a day. Thirty oxycontin?! Do you have any idea how high that is?! I don't, and I've been pretty high!” DoeMadeIdeasCareersDrugCaughtThirtyJailPreachingQuestions AskedOxycontin Author:Bill Maher
“The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement really flooded our schools. Schools, caught up in this maelstrom, began viewing children as criminals or suspects, rather than as young people with an enormous amount of potential struggling in their own ways and their own difficult context to make it and hopefully thrive. We began viewing the youth in schools as potential violators rather than as children needing our guidance.” PeopleWayChildrenWarStatesSchoolYoungDifficultUnitedUnited StatesStruggleMovementYouthAmountDrugToughWaveCaughtCriminalsEnormousHopefullyGuidanceThriveSuspectsCaught UpWar On DrugsMaelstrom Author:Michelle Alexander
“It’s actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you’re dealing drugs. If you get caught you’re going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it’s much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.” IfsImagineRiskCrimeEasierDrugCaughtPunishmentCommitSmarterHackingSlimCustodyJoint Custody Author:Kevin Mitnick