“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
“Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.” WishStupidInvolvedDrugIllusionPerformancesSteroidPerformance Enhancing Drugs Author:Mark McGwire
“Drugs is a society problem. It ain't just isolated to sports or entertainment. There's people that are doing brain surgeries that probably have dabbled in drugs. There may be some, judges and lawyers involved in the case could have been involved. So it's a problem in all society.” PeopleMayHas BeensProblemSportsBrainCasesJudgingInvolvedDrugEntertainmentLawyerIsolatedSurgeryCould Have BeenBrain Surgery Author:Dave Parker
“Getting into my teen years, I was filled with so much shame and pain that I got really involved with drugs and alcohol. I was hanging out with the wrong people and getting involved in the wrong relationships and everything just sort of spun out of control.” PeopleYearsPainInvolvedDrugShameFilledAlcoholHanging OutDrugs And AlcoholSpun Author:Pattie Mallette
“I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that - and I found an affinity there.” PeopleFoundInvolvedDrugRejectedAddictAlcoholismDrug AddictAffinityBattered Author:Princess Diana
“When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare up in the '80s, then there was a great deal of public attention on gangs and a great deal of concern about what was going on in these social groups.” SocialDealsAttentionViolenceGroupsInvolvedDrugConcernTradeCracks80sGangCocaineFlareSocial GroupsFlare Up Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
“Women are my drugs and alcohol. When I'm involved with one woman, I'm involved with one woman. Period. But between romances, I am carnivorous.” RomanceInvolvedPeriodsDrugAlcoholOne WomanDrugs And Alcohol Author:Burt Reynolds
“I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.” PersonsFightingInvolvedDrugEverydayAddictGet InvolvedDrug AddictArgentina Author:Diego Maradona
“I was blessed that I got married early and had a good wife. That sort of kept me straight. Probably I would have been like Charlie Parker, you know, involved in drugs or alcohol or something like that if I hadn't had this stability.” IfsKnowsHas BeensWifeInvolvedDrugMarriedBlessedAlcoholStabilityCharlieGood Wife Author:Dizzy Gillespie
“I got jumped into a gang, but I never shot anybody or anything. I might have been in the car when something happened, but I was involved in the gangs just for the drugs. After a while, I just became an outcast of the gang because I just liked the drugs. I just wanted to do more drugs, anything you put in my hand.” Has BeensHandsMightWantedHappenedCarInvolvedDrugShotsMight Have BeenGangOutcast Author:Felipe Esparza
“I wasn't accepted because I didn't accept the drug culture that most of my peers were involved in. Now it's like a locked room.” CultureRoomsAcceptingInvolvedDrugAcceptedLockedPeersDrug Culture Author:Nancy Sinatra
“What I like about Layer Cake is its intelligent through-line. First of all, I think it's very close to the truth; I think this is what successful drug dealers are like. They don't drive around in flashy cars, they don't show off, they behave very quietly, they get on with their job and they earn lots of money. And it goes up and up and up and up the scale. Secondly - and selfishly - I like the moral aspect of the movie, which is that violence has consequences, and you feel emotionally involved with the violence.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsShowsJobsLinesMoralSuccessfulViolenceCarInvolvedDrugConsequenceAspectIntelligentScalesBehaveCakeLayersLots Of MoneyDealerShowing OffDrug DealersFlashyFlashy Cars Author:Daniel Craig
“When people ask me what my dream role would be, I tell them that it's to play someone very dark. Very dark - like someone involved in the drug world or some other criminal venture. Maybe someone who's delusional or not all there or just not well. I really hope I can do that one day.” PeopleWorldWellsI CanPlayDreamWould BeAsksCan DoDarkRolesInvolvedOne DayDrugCriminalsAsk MeVentureDelusional Author:Jennifer Coolidge
“I have no idea. I get involved because I think there's value in the project and because I love the character that is presented to me. I love the opportunity to examine a character, and to have him examine me, live inside me and move my hands. I love that. It's irresistible. It's a drug.” ThinkingIdeasCharacterHandsMovingValuesOpportunityInvolvedDrugProjectsNo IdeaGet InvolvedIrresistible Author:Donald Sutherland
“I wasn't involved in anything. I wasn't out - you know, I know I wasn't in ACT UP. I wasn't with Larry Kramer. I wasn't by his side. I wasn't saying what I should do, because, by all accounts, I was a drug addict and an alcoholic. And I was living in a complete bubble of self-absorption.” KnowsShouldSelfSidesInvolvedDrugAccountsBubblesAddictAlcoholicsLarryDrug AddictAbsorptionSelf AbsorptionKramer Author:Elton John
“If you want a cow to be not just a cow but a milk machine, you can do a very good job at that by creating new hormones like the Bovine Growth Hormone. It might make the cow very ill, it might turn it into a drug addict, and it might even create consumer scares about the health and safety aspects of the milk. But we've gotten so used to manipulating objects and organisms and ecosystems for a single objective that we ignore the costs involved. I call this the "monoculture of the mind."” IfsWantMindMightJobsUsedTurnsGrowthCan DoObjectsInvolvedCostDrugCreatingAspectMachinesSafetyVery GoodIllObjectivesConsumersScareMilkCowsOrganismsAddictGood JobEcosystemsHormonesDrug AddictHealth And SafetyMonocultureBovineGrowth Hormones Author:Vandana Shiva
“My kids have to maintain good grades. They have to be involved in activities. They have to report to me how thing are going. I watch for any activity that would steer them wrong - drinking, drugs, etc. So their skin in the game is knowing the money won't be there if they don't do their part.” IfsKidsGamesWatchesKnowingInvolvedDrugActivitySkinsDrinkingReportsGradesEtcSteersGood Grades Author:Michelle Singletary
“There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.” IfsKnowsTryingBigsKnow HowPersonalityInvolvedDrugAlcoholSongwritersSinger SongwritersDrugs And AlcoholUnsure Author:Barry Mann
“Because if I don’t, Fang will die. (Aimee) Are you high? (Dev) No. (Aimee) C’mon, Aim, admit it. Heavy amounts of drugs are involved here. (Dev)” IfsDiesAmountInvolvedDrugAimHeavyFangs Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon