“Assume that a surgeon has discovered how to do brain surgery, that he can do only one a month, that 1,000 persons a year need such an operation if they are to survive. How is the surgeon's scarce resource to be allocated? Charge whatever price is necessary to adjust supply and demand, say $50,000! 'For shame,' some will cry. 'Your market system will save only wealthy people.' For the moment, yes. But soon there will be hundreds of surgeons who will acquire the same skill; and, as in the case of the once scarce and expensive 'miracle drugs,' the price then will be within reach of all.” PeopleIfsNeedsYearsPersonsMomentsCan DoBrainCasesCryMonthsDrugSkillsDemandResourcesMiracleShameAssumingOperationsAcquireExpensiveWealthySurgerySurgeonsScarceWithin ReachSupply And DemandBrain SurgeryScarce Resources Author:Leonard Read
“In my experience, I have found that creativity demands a vigilant mind, which is weakened by the influence of drugs.” MindFoundCreativityInfluenceDrugDemandVigilant Author:Ernst Junger
“I believe that we not only feed the public demand for useless and harmful drugs, but also go far to create that very demand. We educate our patients and their friends to believe that every or almost every symptom and disease can be benefited by a drug.” BelieveI BelieveDrugDemandDiseasePatientUselessEducateSymptoms Author:Richard Clarke Cabot
“The drug problem is in the United States, not in Mexico. It's a demand problem and that is to be dealt with here, and it is not being dealt with. It's been shown over and over that prevention and treatment are far more cost effective than police action, out-of-country action, border control, and so on.” CountryStatesProblemActionUnitedUnited StatesCostDrugDemandPoliceBordersTreatmentMexicoPreventionBorder Control Author:Noam Chomsky
“To demand that a person pee in a cup whenever you wish him to, without a documented reason to suspect that he has been using an illegal drug, is intolerable in our republic. You are saying to him, "I wonder if you are not behaving in a way that I approve of. Convince me that you indeed are. Outrageous. Intolerable.” IfsWayPersonsHas BeensReasonWishWonderDrugDemandCupsConvinceIllegalSuspectsRepublicOutrageousIllegal Drugs Book:Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story Source: Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story
“How's our young guest?" he asked. As docile as any child could be, wearing a drug-delivery system as she is," said one of the ministers. She constantly demands to see her mother," said another, "and somewhat less constantly demands that we return her homburg to her.” ChildrenSaidYoungMotherReturnDrugDemandMinistersGuestsDeliveryDocile Author:Frank Beddor