“I'm a living, breathing example of someone who does the same exact thing, but drugs and alcohol just aren't a part of who I am.” DoeExampleDrugAlcoholWho I AmBreathingDrugs And Alcohol Author:CM Punk
“We may agree, for example, that our societies must provide greater security for the individual; yet if all we succeed in producing is a providing increased anonymity and ever increasing boredom, then we should not wonder if ingenious man turns to such amusements as drugs, housebreaking, vandalism, mayhem, riots, or - at the most harmless - strange haircuts, costumes, standards of cleanliness, and sexual experiments.” IfsMenShouldMayTurnsIndividualWonderGreaterSecurityExampleStrangeDrugSucceedStandardsAgreeExperimentsBoredomOur SocietyProvidingCostumesAmusementRiotCleanlinessIngeniousAnonymityHaircutsMayhemVandalism Author:Robert Ardrey
“The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among white men in middle age. Higher than among any other demographic, etc. Mostly death by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Many of them rural. My feeling is that it's many people who haven't been able to get back into the work force. Reg Morse is an example of the problem.” PeopleMenFeelingsProblemAgeAbleForceWhiteMiddleEffectsHavensExampleHigherDrugSuicideRateAlcoholEtcGet BackArticlesImaginaryWhite ManMiddle AgesRecessionsDemographicsGallopingGreat Recession Author:Rick Moody
“Legalized drugs would cause dislocations in the US economy - the prison industry for example and tens of billions spent annually on drug enforcement. But because the US economy is so large, this would be a minor blow, hardly as severe as the ultimate nightmare for the US economy, global peace, which would shutter its death industry commonly called the military/industrial complex.” Would BeCausesEconomyMilitaryExampleIndustryDrugUltimatePrisonComplexesBlowBillionsNightmareMinorsSevereEnforcementShuttersMilitary Industrial ComplexDislocationGlobal Peace Author:Charles Bowden
“The pervasive brutality in current fiction - the death, disease, dysfunction, depression, dismemberment, drug addiction, dementia, and dreary little dramas of domestic discord - is an obvious example of how language in exploitative, cynical or simply neurotic hands can add to the weariness, the darkness in the world.” WorldLittlesHandsLanguageFictionDarknessExampleDramaDrugDiseaseAddAddictionCurrentsObviousCynicalNeuroticBrutalityDrug AddictionWearinessDrug AddictDiscordDrearyDementiaDysfunction Author:Tom Robbins
“In the United States there are only two exceptions: banks have to report deposits they suspect to be related to either terrorism or drug trafficking. But if your funds derive from trafficking women and children for sexual exploitation, for example, or from illegal arms trafficking or any other illegal activity, then banks in the US are legally free to accept your money and are not required to report your deposit to the authorities.” IfsChildrenTwoStatesUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesExampleArmsDrugActivityAuthorityTerrorismRelatedReportsExceptionFundIllegalSuspectsExploitationDepositsTraffickingDrug TraffickingIllegal Activities Author:Thomas Pogge