“I think that it has to be a very humane approach to this issue, and we have to come up with solutions to it. But we also have to do something about the drugs that are coming across our southern border that are killing our kids... I think there are some people who want to leave this country and return to the country they came from, but obviously it requires a broader solution that that, and we all know that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantCountryKidsIssuesReturnRepublicanDrugApproachSolutionsKillingCome UpBordersSouthernHumane Author:John McCain
“Nobody is born a drug addict or a homosexual. Christians may be performing in these unacceptable ways, but that's not who they are. It's an identity issue.” WayMayChristianBornIssuesIdentityDrugPerformingHomosexualAddictDrug Addict Book:Free at Last: Experiencing True Freedom Through Your Identity in Christ Source: Free at Last: Experiencing True Freedom Through Your Identity in Christ
“Here the system is creating an industry around the drug issue when it does nothing to stop the corrupt military that moves the drugs, and the big banks that are all in cahoots with the President and the big shots in the Congress.” DoeBigsMovingPresidentIssuesMilitaryIndustryDrugCreatingShotsCongressBig Shots Author:Jerry Brown
“In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime, drugs and unemployment, I can't think of a supposedly Black issue that hasn't wasted the original Black target group and then spread like measles to outlying white experience.” PeopleThinkingI CanStatesProblemAmericaBlackWhiteIssuesRightsGroupsCrimeDrugEqualOriginalsSlaverySpreadTargetUnemploymentSegregationEqual RightsDissentSuppressionMeasles Book:On call: political essays Source: On call: political essays
“In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them. As adults we want to believe things like sex abuse or drug use are not happening anymore, or happening less and less, but that's not the case and we need to acknowledge that. We can't make life prettier for youth, but we can arm them.” WantNeedsBelieveLooksImportantBookCharacterUseSexCasesIssuesHonestYouthArmsDrugHappeningsAdultsAbuseAcknowledgeImportant IssuesDrug UseSex Abuse Author:Ellen Hopkins
“Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.” PeopleLifeProblemChoicesCasesIssuesDrugBenefitsWeightRefuseAlcoholStuckSicknessTreatment Author:David Cameron
“I personally don't do any hard drugs, because they get in the way of me getting to my base issues, and I'd rather get rid of the excess baggage than find a way to shove it deeper in the closet.” WayHardIssuesDrugDeeperExcessClosetsBaggageExcess Baggage Author:Axl Rose
“We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal.” BodyLossIssuesHugeDrugWeightDisasterAppealsCombinationRecipesBody ImageWeight Loss Author:Robert Hughes
“I can't stand when people use drugs as an escape. It's like, everybody suffers. Deal with your issues, you'll feel so much better.” PeopleFeelsI CanUseSufferingDealsIssuesDrug Author:Alyson Hannigan
“The fans appreciate the success the young guys are having now because they know the game is clean, that they've finally got rid of all the performance-enhancing drug issues.” KnowsYoungGuyGamesIssuesFansDrugAppreciatePerformancesCleanYoung GuysPerformance Enhancing Drugs Author:Ryan Braun
“We cannot eradicate global drug markets, but we can certainly regulate them as we have done with alcohol and tobacco markets. Drug abuse, alcoholism and tobacco should be treated as public health problems, not criminal justice issues.” ShouldDoneProblemJusticeIssuesDrugAbuseAlcoholCriminalsTreatedAlcoholismTobaccoPublic HealthCriminal JusticeDrug AbuseHealth Problems Author:Otto Perez Molina
“Look, we understood we couldn't make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn't resist it.” LooksStatesProblemGovernmentAmericaYoungHouseBlackWhitePerfectPleasurePoorUnitedCommonUnited StatesIssuesSocietyCrimeHealthDrugUnderstoodResistanceUsaIllegalWhite HouseBlack PeopleBe YoungHealth Problems Author:John Ehrlichman
“It is a dichotomous time where the younger generation is perceived as free. But smoking pot is not being free. Taking drugs is not being free. I feel that being courteous and telling your dad, 'I'm going to have a drink' with your dad saying 'give me one too' is cool. That's being freer, happier and nicer. But having issues and saying that 'I am my own person, I am moving out Mom!' is not. Yes, if your mom tells you to move out then that's being free.” IfsGivingFeelsPersonsMovingMy OwnIssuesGenerationsMomDadDrinkDrugGive MeSmokingPotYour MomBeing FreeYour DadYounger GenerationCourteousMoving OutSmoking Pot Author:Shahrukh Khan
“One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the United States, we really have to focus on reducing the magnitude of the prescription drug use issue.” IfsHas BeensStatesUsePainUnitedDealsUnited StatesIssuesFocusDrugDriversReducingPrescriptionsMagnitudeMedicationHeroinMisusePrescription DrugsDrug Use Author:Michael Botticelli
“Another California study counted 30,000 substance abusers who are pregnant are White woman. So, The Wire paints the picture of drug addiction, drug dealing, and drug abuse as being a specifically a Black issue.” BlackWhiteStudyIssuesDrugAbusePaintAddictionSubstanceCaliforniaPregnantWireDrug AddictionDrug AddictAbusersDrug AbuseSubstance Abuse Author:Ishmael Reed
“Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.” PeopleMenShowsYoungUsedCausesBlackCasesIssuesFourDrugDiseaseGunTwentiesAlcoholCombinationStatisticsFifteenInvolvingDrugs And AlcoholHomicideHealth IssuesLeading Causes Author:Joycelyn Elders
“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.” PeopleIfsWantImportantWarRealGovernmentRunningSchoolStuffRealizingIssuesCrimeSeriousRepublicanGayDrugDemocratIraqArguingImmigrationNeighborhoodIllegalImprovingBetter PlaceCleaningGay MarriageAlabamaIllegal ImmigrationCleaning Up Author:Charles Barkley
“The point is that any law that makes criminals out of 15 million Americans is probably not such a good idea. The point was that drug abuse isn't a criminal issue, it's a healthcare issue. And the money and manpower we spend prosecuting a surfer in San Diego might better be used fighting things that genuinely threaten our national health and safety. That was the point.” IdeasMightLawUsedFightingMillionsIssuesDrugAbuseSafetyCriminalsGood IdeasHealthcareSurferDrug AbuseSan DiegoHealth And SafetyManpowerProsecuting Author:Josh Charles
“However, there probably is a slight connection between the high-wire, super sensitivity, open to everything and too much, and slightly fragile soul of the artist and the need to self-medicate, which can lead to bad trouble either in drugs, or alcohol. So it's not that there's no connection, it's just that we can't make too much of it because it isn't the addiction that's the issue, it's the fragility of some people who do artistic work, who end up in rehab somewhere or other.” PeopleNeedsSoulEndsSelfArtistIssuesToo MuchTroubleDrugConnectionsAddictionAlcoholArtisticFragileSensitivityWireRehabFragility Author:Anne Roiphe
“Kids out there now have learning issues. Having mental issues. And everybody is looking towards what drug to give them, but is anyone looking at the food that the children are eating? What you're eating has a big impact.” GivingChildrenBigsKidsIssuesDrugEatingImpactBig Impact Author:Ziggy Marley
“I think crime is a huge issue for people. If you were living in the poorest state, and you've got drug dealers at the end of the street, and your life's in misery, and you're afraid of your kids going out the door. I mean, the job of progressive politicians is to do something about that.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanEndsStatesKidsJobsIssuesDoorsStreetsCrimeHugePoliticianDrugMiseryProgressiveGoing OutPoorestDealerDrug Dealers Author:Tony Blair
“The idea of blaming alcohol or drugs or quote-unquote "promiscuity" is a false path. The real issue is that men should not hurt women.” MenShouldIdeasRealHurtPathIssuesDrugBlameAlcoholPromiscuity Author:Jon Shenk
“I want to focus on what are called kitchen table issues. You know, the ones that keep you up at night, like the cost of childcare and college and prescription drugs and so much else.” KnowsWantNightIssuesFocusCollegeCostDrugTablesKitchenPrescriptionsPrescription DrugsKitchen TableChildcare Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Republican Party cannot be anti-trade, anti-immigrant, not out there practicing the politics of people, you know, the issues surrounding drug addiction and mental illness and the cost of prescription drugs and healthcare and student debt and all of these things are very personal to people now.” PeopleKnowsPartyIssuesStudentsRepublicanCostDrugTradeAddictionIllnessDebtMental IllnessImmigrantsHealthcareRepublican PartyPrescriptionsDrug AddictionDrug AddictPrescription Drugs Author:John Kasich
“When I talk about how we're going to pay for education, how we're going to invest in infrastructure, how we're going to get the cost of prescription drugs down, and a lot of the other issues that people talk to me about all the time, I've made it very clear we are going where the money is. We are going to ask the wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share.” PeopleMadeAsksPayIssuesClearShareCostDrugFairsDown AndMade ItCorporationsWealthyInfrastructurePrescriptionsTalk To MeFair SharePrescription Drugs Author:Hillary Clinton
“I was asked by the National Institute of Health to be their scientific discussant on the effects of these drug [Ritalin] at a big conference they held. Beforehand, I reviewed all of the important literature on the issue. Even with experiments on animals. When they're given these drugs they stop playing; they stop being curious; they stop socializing; they stop trying to escape. We make good caged animals with these drugs. And we make good caged kids by knocking their spontaneity out of them. And, Michael, the other thing is that these drugs enforce obsessive behavior.” TryingImportantBigsKidsLiteratureGivenAnimalIssuesEffectsDrugBehaviorExperimentsCuriousConferencesSpontaneityInstituteKnockingObsessiveStop TryingCagedSocializingCaged AnimalRitalinExperiments On Animals Author:Peter Breggin
“It is so easy in this world to forget yourself or what you are here to assist with. So many either are consumed by their 'issues' or they get themselves so 'stoned' from drugs and alcohol that they are not fully aware of who they are. Myself together with all of the dimensions are here to assist each and every human who is currently experiencing this as themselves. We are to stand before each of you and show you your own worth, who you truly are and that the time to stand up has arrived!” WorldHumansShowsTogetherEasyForgetIssuesThis WorldDrugAlcoholDimensionsConsumedForget YouDrugs And Alcohol Author:Timothy Treadwell
“We need to take a hard look at the war on drugs and the number of non-violent offenders who end up getting their lives destroyed by going to prison. We need to look at mandatory minimum sentencing and give judges more flexibility when there are issues of drug abuse or addiction.” NeedsGivingLooksWarEndsHardNumbersIssuesJudgingDrugAbusePrisonAddictionViolentDestroyedMinimumFlexibilityWar On DrugsOffendersNon ViolentDrug Abuse Author:Bernie Sanders
“I have always been very interested in the issue of drugs, because as much as illegal drugs are prosecuted, if you think of it as a health issue, the real killer are prescription drugs, like over prescribing of opioids.” IfsThinkingRealIssuesDrugIllegalKillersPrescriptionsPrescription DrugsHealth IssuesIllegal DrugsOpioidsPrescribing Author:Pedro Reyes
“I have to say, Any Given Sunday was good, but it was too ambitious. You can't do everything in three hours. It went on through ownership issues, quarterback issues, the running back issues, LT issues, and all that, even the coach issues. It was too much. Whereas, Playmakers says, Yeah, you got all those problems, but my god, you're playing football, you're doing the best thing in the world. You're playing football, you're having fun, you're getting paid to play a game. Well, with all the bad things about Hollywood all the drug use, all that, it's still a pretty good life.” WorldWellsStillsPlayUseProblemRunningThreeGamesGivenFunHoursIssuesToo MuchFootballDrugHollywoodPaidYeahCoachesHaving FunBest ThingsSundayBad ThingsGood LifeAmbitiousOwnershipQuarterbackPlaying FootballDrug UseRunning Back Author:Terry Crews
“Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues.” YearsI CanProblemKidsTodayRememberMotherDifficultDealsIssuesSeriousGrewDrugGrew UpStrategyAlcoholPrescriptionsOverweightPrescription Drugs Author:Tom Vilsack