“America didn't have a drug problem before it passed drug laws. While drugs were consumed by large numbers of people — the number of women habituated to the opium found in laudanum was, no pun intended, staggering — they were, for the most part, easily able to live their lives, do their jobs, and raise their families pretty much the way we do today.” ProblemAmericaLawDrugDrug Laws Author:L. Neil Smith
“Repealing drug laws would remove the risks involved with producing and distributing drugs, bringing 'street prices' crashing down (it's estimated that a 'spoon' of heroin would cost about a quarter in the free market), thereby eradicating any incentive that criminals might have to compete with legitimate businesses, and greatly reducing if not eliminating altogether any economic reason to 'push' drugs on children.” IfsChildrenReasonMightLawRiskEconomicStreetsInvolvedCostDrugCriminalsRemoveQuartersFree MarketIncentivesReducingHeroinSpoonsEliminatingDrug LawsRepealingCrashing Down Author:L. Neil Smith
“Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know whats causing violence in America - the damn drug laws.” KnowsAmericaLawViolenceDrugDamnLaw EnforcementEnforcementInhumaneDrug Laws Author:Michael Moriarty
“At the end of the day, my hope is that when the new Medicare- Prescription Drug Law gets up and fully running a lot more seniors will pay a whole lot less than they do today for their much-needed medications.” EndsWholeRunningTodayRomanceLawPayNeededDrugGet UpThe End Of The DaySeniorPrescriptionsMedicareMedicationPrescription DrugsDrug Laws Author:Dennis Hastert
“I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain why you think the way you do about public education or drug laws, and why it's not as simple as being for or against something.” PeopleThinkingWayLawPoliticalUsedSimpleDrugAssumingComplexesLibertarianDiscussionPublic EducationDrug Laws Author:Dave Barry
“What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote.” PeopleLawBlackDrugVotePrisonVotingBlack PeopleDrug Laws Author:Bill Maher
“Individual freedom and drug laws contradict each other. In a genuinely free society, people are free to ingest whatever they want to ingest, no matter how harmful or destructive. What people ingest is none of the government's business. If drug users or drug addicts wish to get help, a free society provides the means to do so.” PeopleIfsWantMeanMatterHelpingGovernmentLawIndividualWishDrugDestructiveUsersAddictFree SocietyDrug AddictIndividual FreedomDrug Laws Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“You got a million drug laws now because the bosses figured there was more money in putting people in jail than taxing something anyone can grow on a window sill.” PeopleLawGrowsMillionsDrugWindowBossJailMore MoneyDrug Laws Author:Lenny Bruce
“We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.” ShouldLawBlackCommunityDrugCourtBlack CommunityDrug LawsCourt System Author:Rand Paul
“In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, the state of Oregon is extremely liberal in its state government and judicial system.That state has lenient drug laws, including wide access to medical marijuana.” StatesStoriesGovernmentLawDrugIncludingWideAccessMedicalTonightMarijuanaJudicialState GovernmentOregonMedical MarijuanaJudicial SystemPersonal StoriesLenientDrug Laws Author:Bill O'Reilly
“One of the things that has happened is that our drug laws have been institutionalized now. If you want to say that somebody's a bad person in a movie or in a television show or something about that, you say they sell drugs or they use drugs.” IfsWantPersonsHas BeensUseShowsLawHappenedTelevisionDrugSellsTelevision ShowsDrug Laws Author:Carl Hart
“It's the new slavery. It came out of the drug laws and it really is something we're going to have to confront, but I don't see enough people up in arms about that. We need to be.” PeopleNeedsEnoughLawArmsDrugSlaveryDrug Laws Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“The thing about our drug laws is that they're not based on science.” LawDrugDrug Laws Author:Maia Szalavitz
“I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black people think they're as good as white people - which to him, obviously, was a very horrible outcome. This is the basis of our drug laws.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFirstsLooksLawSoundBlackWhiteDrugBasesExtremesHorribleOutcomesBlack PeopleSwingsSatanicNarcoticsCommissionersDrug Laws Author:Maia Szalavitz
“I think our drug laws need to be made scientifically, as best as possible, recognizing that values will always be part of that.” ThinkingNeedsMadeLawValuesDrugRecognizingDrug Laws Author:Maia Szalavitz
“Most Americans violate drug laws in their lifetime, but the enemy in this war has been racially defined. Not by accident, the drug war has been waged almost exclusively in poor communities of color, even though studies have consistently shown - for decades - the people of color are no more likely to use or sell illegal drugs than whites.” PeopleHas BeensWarUseLawCommunityPoorEnemyStudyColorDrugSellsLifetimeAccidentsDecadesDefinedIllegalConsistentlyWar On DrugsIllegal DrugsDrug Laws Author:Michelle Alexander
“It's going to have to come to a point where politicians in their own political self-interest think it's safe and advantageous to come out on the side of drug law reform. Right now, they don't care about drug safety. They just care about their standing with the electorate.” ThinkingSelfCareLawPoliticalSidesInterestPoliticianRight NowDrugSafeStandingSafetyDon't CareReformSelf InterestElectorateDrug Laws Author:Rick Steves
“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
“I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.” ProblemHumorMusicDrugPoliceAlcoholLaw EnforcementAddictAlcoholicsPsychedelicCocaineDrug AddictionDrug AddictFunny DrugPsychedelic DrugsDrug LawsHallucinogenic DrugsRecreational Drugs Author:Keith Richards
“Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.” ShouldStatesUseFunnyLawCrimeChangedDrugPotWeedMarijuanaProhibitionCannabisHempSmoke WeedFunny MarijuanaIllegal DrugsDrug LawsMarijuana Prohibition Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana.” ShouldUseLawIndividualSupportClearChangedDrugPossessionCriminalsLawyerPotWeedMarijuanaPenaltiesLegislationProhibitionWar On DrugsCannabisHempMedical MarijuanaSmoke WeedFunny MarijuanaIllegal DrugsFunny WeedDrug ProhibitionGanjaDrug LawsGreat WeedCool MarijuanaDrug PolicyMarijuana Prohibition Author:Jimmy Carter