“Football is not, in my view, a sport: it is somewhere between a business racket and a mental illness. I associate it with all the worst aspects of our society - violence, drunkenness, drugs, racism, exploitation, greed and stupidity; and that's just for starters.” SportsViewsViolenceWorstFootballDrugRacismAspectGreedIllnessStupidityMental IllnessSoccerAnalysisOur SocietyExploitationAssociatesDrunkennessRacketStarters Author:Simon Heffer
“The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has been consigned. People who genuinely need help can’t get it. Neither can people who need medical marijuana to treat terrible diseases. We are spending billions, filling up our prisons with non-violent offenders and sacrificing our liberties.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensWarHelpingLibertySacrificeCrimeTerribleDrugDiseaseShadowTreatsTradePrisonSpendingMedicalBillionsViolentSmokingOur SocietyWeedMarijuanaFillingWar On DrugsNeed HelpOffendersNon ViolentMedical MarijuanaSmoking WeedViolent CrimesFilling Up Author:Sting
“The desire to transcend one's own ego boundaries, to share completely, even for a moment, the consciousness of another person must be a universal longing. It motivates many of our activities from taking drugs to making love, and lies behind the search for new ways of getting close to one another that is so intense in our society today.” WayPersonsMomentsTodayLyingDesireBehindsConsciousnessShareDrugActivityEgoUniversalLongingBoundariesIntenseOur SocietyNew WaysMaking LoveSociety Today Author:Andrew Weil
“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
“I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question' in order to create more coherent and human policies with better perspectives. . . . The policy of criminalizing consumers has failed, creating many problems to our society.” NeedsBelieveHumansI CanStatesProblemGovernmentOrderPolicyPerspectiveDrugCreatingEuropeDebateConsumersOur Society Author:George Papandreou
“I guess the drinking and the drugs are interesting to me because the way we use them and our society uses them, we kind of manufacture highs and lows.” WayKindUseInterestingDrugLowsDrinkingOur SocietyHighs And Lows Author:Craig Finn
“I think a lot of people who were addicts are actually people who had that strong innate need to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness. But because our society has turned into this destructive culture of these horrible drugs that nullify you, they have that experience in a negative way. And then they lose that capacity forever, to have it in a positive way.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsStatesCultureStrongLosesConsciousnessForeverDrugOrdinaryCapacityNegativeHorribleDestructiveOur SocietyAddictInnateStates Of Consciousness Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“The use of language around drugs is really important. So we find that it's increasingly difficult in our society to find the word "drug" not connected to the word "abuse." The notion of a responsible use of drugs is written out in the language of our culture.” ImportantUseCultureLanguageDifficultWrittenDrugAbuseResponsibleNotionConnectedOur SocietyUse Of Language Author:Graham Hancock
“The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.” WayMindHumansRealityRomanceForceGrowthConsciousnessSacrificeMinutesGreatnessTelevisionDrugDignityPerformancesAthleteAssDestructiveOur SocietyIdolsFifteenIdleFoldsHormonesShortsAmerican IdolFreewaysReality TelevisionPerformance Enhancing DrugsGrowth HormonesShort ShortsAdderall Author:Daniel Gillies
“If the drug war was waged in those communities it would spark such outrage that the war would end overnight. This literal war is waged in segregated, impoverished communities defined largely by race, and the targets are the most vulnerable, least powerful people in our society.” PeopleIfsWarEndsCommunityPowerfulRaceDrugVulnerableDefinedOur SocietyTargetSparksOutrageLiteralWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“When one is that powerful and one think life will last like that forever, it is simply the most ephemeral thing. I don't think these sons and daughters of drug dealers are contributing to a lasting peace nor to human values that add to our society. They're delivering the message of riches and power that comes at the cost of people's lives and health and they incentivize young people to follow this model.” PeopleThinkingHumansLastsYoungValuesPowerfulForeverSonCostDrugMessagesModelsDaughterAddRichesOur SocietyLastingContributingDealerDeliveringEphemeralHuman ValuesSon And DaughterDrug Dealers Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.” FormValuesDrugAddictionObviousTraditionalOur SocietyAddictDrug AddictionDrug AddictTraditional ValuesDrug Addiction RecoveryOvercoming Addiction Author:Christopher Lasch
“In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.” WantNeedsIndividualTeachDrugOur SocietyToysNever EndingWants And NeedsDaily ExperienceNew Toys Author:Christopher Lasch
“When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit.” PeopleLooksRealWholeProblemSchoolBitsCrimeDrugBottomMinoritiesOur SocietyNeighborhoodEducateReal ProblemsSchool System Author:Clarence Thomas