“If the economy of a country collapses completely and the hospitals are no longer able to function as hospitals, it will be very difficult to tell every doctor to stay home to work without drugs, to work without equipment. You might tell some to stay but there a lot of young people who are at the beginning of their careers who would be very difficult to persuade.” PeopleIfsCountryHomeMightWould BeAbleYoungDifficultCareersEconomyDrugDoctorsFunctionHospitalsCollapseEquipment Author:Chinua Achebe
“LSD was my "wonder child", we had a positive reaction from everywhere in the world. Around two thousand publications about it appeared in scientific journals and everything was fine. Then, at the beginning of the 1960s, here in the United States, LSD became a drug of abuse. In a short time, this wave of popular use swept the country and it became "drug number one". It was then used without caution and people were not prepared and informed about its deep effects. Instead of a "wonder child", LSD suddenly became my "problem child".” PeopleWorldChildrenTwoCountryStatesUseProblemUsedUnitedNumbersWonderUnited StatesEffectsFineDrugThousandAbusePreparedWaveReactionsJournalCaution1960sPublicationShort TimeLsdProblem Child Author:Albert Hofmann
“I think God is back, I think there is a huge amount of spiritual interest in the country. And I think the bishops are supportive of it because they see people's lives being changed. They see the difference. I see people who've been in prison, whose lives have been messed up, who've been alcoholics, who've been drug addicts, set free and contributing to society.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensCountrySpiritualInterestDifferencesChangedHugeAmountDrugPrisonSupportiveAddictAlcoholicsBishopsContributingDrug AddictMessed Up Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Let me tell you what would be a really, really great project for all of us. Why don't we start mentoring kids? Whether we're liberal or conservative, why don't we start going into the schools and giving the kids a sense of their own purpose, their own self-worth, their future, and what they can learn from us? You know, if we're mentoring kids together, we might actually begin to talk to one another again and listen to one another. We have a big crisis all over the country and in our state on drugs.” GivingCountryKidsSchoolTogetherPurposeDrugLet MeCrisisConservativeReally GreatMentoring Author:John Kasich
“Right now we have millions of people in our country who are suffering in isolation, thinking that they are the only ones who are dealing with drug addiction, who don't realize that on their own block there are other people and families. They think they're alone and they think they're going to be judged and they don't want to talk about it. But when people do come forward and share their stories it's incredibly liberating, and it gives other people permission to tell their stories too.” PeopleThinkingGivingCountrySufferingRealizingShareDrugAddictionBlockIsolationJudgedLiberatingDrug AddictionDrug Addict Author:Vivek Murthy
“Drug addiction is tearing our communities and our country apart, and until we decide we're going to think differently about it, until we decide that we're going to invest as a country in prevention and treatment, until we decide that as individuals we're going to step up and do our part to address this epidemic, we're not going to solve this.” ThinkingCountryIndividualCommunityDrugAddictionStep UpDrug AddictionDrug Addict Author:Vivek Murthy
“The cost of prescription drugs in this country is far, far higher than in any other country. You may recall that Donald Trump as a candidate for president talked about how he was going to take on the pharmaceutical industry and it was going to lower prescription drug costs.” CountryPresidentDrugPharmaceutical Author:Bernie Sanders
“The economy, virtually all the new income has gone to the top 10 percent, and we need to find those areas where we can actually make a change in that. And that includes enhancing manufacturing jobs in this country, it includes the ability to go to community college for free, it includes the ability to have debt-free higher education, it includes career technical education in our high schools. It also includes taking on the pharmaceutical companies on the extravagant prices that they`re charging for the drugs. Americans need to stay healthy.” CountrySchoolCommunityAbilityEconomyCollegeHealthyDrugHigh SchoolMaking ChangesHigher EducationPharmaceuticalCommunity College Author:Jeff Merkley
“Barack Obama's understanding of what the drug war had cost the country was meaningful. And very quietly in his second term, he and Eric Holder did make some adjustments in terms of the use of the Department of Justice, on the federal level. You saw ratcheting back of drug prohibition, and mass incarceration. You also saw, on the part of some certain states, a realization that they followed the war on drugs to a useless place, that they were only doing damage to communities, and bankrupting budgets with prison construction.” WarCountryUnderstandingTermCommunityJusticeDrugPrisonMeaningfulRealizationBarackConstructionProhibitionWar On DrugsIncarceration Author:David Simon
“I think the biggest problem in our country is mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex. From the Rockefeller drug laws to stand your ground to stop and frisk, all these are pointing people, especially and disproportionately black and brown people, towards the criminal-justice system. It's depleting whole generations of people.” PeopleThinkingCountryProblemBlackDrugPointingJustice SystemIncarceration Author:Talib Kweli
“Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.” CountryEconomyDoorsCostDrugCrisisCriminalsTerroristImmigrationOur CountryIllegalHealthcareJudicialEducation SystemIllegal ImmigrationImmigration LawsLegal Immigration Author:Timothy Murphy
“Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.” PeopleShouldCountryProblemCrimeDrugAddictionAlcoholTreatedJailUsersAddictAlcoholicsDrug AddictionDrugs And AlcoholDrug AddictWithdrawalRecoveringPrescription DrugsAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionHealth ProblemsDrug Addiction RecoveryAddicts In RecoveryFunny DrugAlcohol RecoveryDrug RecoveryInspirational Drug RecoveryRecovering AlcoholicsAddicted To You Author:Ralph Nader
“There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.” ChildrenCountryTodayParentMillionsEnvironmentPeriodsDrugGunAccidentsAlcoholOwnersGun ControlMisuseUndisciplinedGun OwnersGun SafetyShooting GunsBad Parent Author:Ted Nugent
“You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.” CountryLawCrimeFineDrugDrug Laws Author:Ron Paul
“It is very rewarding to serve the country by helping President Bush work to reduce the drug problem.” CountryHelpingProblemPresidentDrugPresident Bush Author:John Walters
“The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.” WorldCountryHomeGirlWomenBornChallengesDrugHumbleAlcoholAround The WorldReachingMinistryAddictAlcoholicsDrugs And AlcoholRehab Author:David Wilkerson
“In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.” ThinkingWorldCountryHelpingTodayNationsDrugDiseaseCrossesAccessDevelopingBordersAllowingHealthcareReincarnationGenericToday's WorldDeveloping CountriesShort SightedInfectious DiseasesDeadly Diseases Author:Ron Wyden