“I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only time the major press talks about them is when someone gets killed or does drugs or something; yet these are the same press people who made heroes out of the Mafia and other crooks, you know.” PeopleKnowsDoeMadeGenerationsStrangeProudHeroDrugMajorsPressesHip HopHipsHopsGood PeopleOnly TimeMafiaCrooksGood Business Author:Nikki Giovanni
“If I took my turkey out of the refrigerator and, like, threw it in a dumpster or drug it down the street in New York for a while [it will make people sick].” PeopleIfsStreetsNew YorkDrugSickTurkeysRefrigeratorsDumpsters Author:Alton Brown
“Old people go to the polls because they can't get erections, young people stay home, do drugs and have sex.” PeopleHomeYoungSexDrugOld PeoplePolls Author:Moby
“I never sold drugs. A lot of people used to think I was that dude but I never sold a crumb. I used to always be upset with that.” PeopleThinkingUsedDrugUpsetCrumbs Author:Rakim
“Being in this game if you are gonna sell drugs and make records too then as many records you make is gonna be as many people that know you sell drugs. We got the hip hop cops listening now.” PeopleIfsKnowsGamesRecordsListeningDrugSellsHip HopHipsHopsCop Author:Rakim
“Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not career, money, drugs, sex, alcohol or fun. Not that there's anything wrong with any of those things, but they aren't in the film [Dream of Life], because that wasn't my life at the time.” PeopleMindDreamCareKidsFilmFunSexCareersHealthyDrugTake CareAlcoholThings On My Mind Author:Patti Smith
“The thing about drugs is this ... the Libertarians kind of have the right idea on this: Basically, their theory is that you own your own body, and the government should get out of your face. But, you also do not have the right to harm other people or to impinge on their rights or space. So, let's apply that to drugs . If you want to get wrecked, and you could afford it, and you have a place to do it where the results of your behavior can't harm another person, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be allowed to do it.” PeopleIfsWantShouldKindPersonsIdeasReasonBodyGovernmentFacesSpaceResultsRightsTheoryDrugBehaviorHarmLibertarianReason WhyYour FaceRight Ideas Author:Frank Zappa
“The problem with drugs is that most of the people that use the drugs, use it as a license to be an asshole.” PeopleUseProblemDrugLicenseDrug Use Author:Frank Zappa
“The minute you use the drugs, and you do something that interferes with the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of the guy next door, you're a criminal, and you ought to be punished for that especially if you're in a position where your actions could affect large numbers of people. Being a doctor, a legislator, a judge, an airline pilot, where somebody's life depends on you.” PeopleIfsUseActionGuyNextNumbersLibertyDoorsMinutesPositionJudgingDependsOughtDrugDoctorsCriminalsPursuitPilotsInterferePursuit Of HappinessAirlineLarge NumbersLegislatorsLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessAirline Pilots Author:Frank Zappa
“I've spent a fair amount of time down at the worlder. I've been down there and helped arrest people that are smuggling drugs in.” PeopleAmountDrugFairsSmuggling Author:Steve King
“I think that the working hours and star pressures pushed a lot of people into drugs in those days. And there seemed to have been a lot of alcoholism.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensStarsHoursDrugPressureAlcoholism Author:Debbie Reynolds
“Actually, social drug-taking went kind of low-key for a couple of years. Probably because of AIDS, people got very conscious of their health. But it seems to be making a comeback. Just the other night I was at a party where people kept disappearing into the bathroom every few minutes. I'm glad I did all that in my 20s and that I'm done with it. And that I wrote about it in Postcards from the Edge.” PeopleYearsKindDoneSeemsNightSocialPartyMinutesKeysCoupleDrugLowsConsciousEdgesDisappearAidsGladBathroomComebackPostcardsLow KeyDrug Taking Author:Carrie Fisher
“It's an incredibly limited sphere those tabloids have, isn't it? Basically, they can accuse people of being gay and they can accuse people of taking drugs, but they can't get any more sensational without entering into the realm of incredibly bad taste.” PeopleTasteGayDrugRealmsSpheresEnteringTabloidsBeing GayBad TasteSensational Author:George Michael
“People who have health insurance are benefiting in all sorts of ways that they may not be aware of, everything from no longer having lifetime limits on the claims that they can make to seniors getting prescription drug discounts under Medicare to free mammograms.” PeopleWayMayDrugLimitsClaimsLifetimeSeniorPrescriptionsMedicareDiscountsPrescription DrugsMammograms Author:Barack Obama
“Today, all across this country there are going to be rallies led by Democrats and others to fight against the devastating impact of repeal of the Affordable Care Act. 20 million people thrown off of health insurance, prescription drug prices raising for seniors, privatization of Medicare: devastation. And we've got to fight back against that.” PeopleCountryCareTodayFightingMillionsDrugImpactDemocratThrownSeniorAffordablePrescriptionsMedicareDevastationPrescription DrugsPrivatizationAffordable Care Act Author:John Lewis
“Every American has got to recognize, we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people. We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs because the pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry is out of control ripping us off.” PeopleWorldCountryCareEarthPayIndustryDrugMajorsHighestHealth CareGuaranteesPrescriptionsPharmaceuticalPrescription DrugsPharmacyPharmaceutical Industry Author:John Lewis
“What sensible people have got to do is not simply repeal the Affordable Care Act without any alternative, but you've got to sit down and say it's OK, what are the problems. How do we address it? How do we move to universal health care? How do we lower prescription drug costs? How do we make sure that people don't have outrageous deductibles? You just don't throw 20 million people off of health insurance. You don't privatize Medicare.” PeopleProblemCareMovingMillionsCostDrugUniversalDown AndAlternativesHealth CareAddressesSensibleOutrageousAffordablePrescriptionsMedicarePrescription DrugsAffordable Care ActUniversal Health Care Author:John Lewis
“20 million people thrown off of health insurance, prescription drug prices raising for seniors, privatization of Medicare: devastation. And we've got to fight back against that.” PeopleFightingMillionsDrugThrownSeniorPrescriptionsMedicareDevastationPrescription DrugsPrivatization Author:Bernie Sanders
“I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for nothing, and go to jail for a long time.” PeopleYearsLongImportantWarSawsDrugLong TimeJailDefendersWar On Drugs Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Life has to keep going, so you can either be a victim the rest of your life and let it drag you down into drugs and alcohol and depression or you can turn it into something good, fun even, you know, and I tell young people who are going through depression that this might be the most important time of your life. This might be what makes you a great artist later on.” PeopleKnowsImportantMightYoungArtistTurnsFunDrugVictimAlcoholKeep GoingDragGreat ArtRest Of Your LifeGreat ArtistDrugs And AlcoholGood FunTime Of Your Life Author:Jeff Ross
“It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with drugs. Look at Prohibition: all it did was make a lot of criminals rich. Should be legalized for a matter of sanity.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldLooksLittlesMatterMightDealsRichDrugCriminalsRoughSanityProhibition Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.” PeopleProblemBreakDrugPerformancesCompetitionRetiringPausesMistakenPerformance Enhancing Drugs Author:Georges St-Pierre
“America is a sovereign nation. And as President Trump has said all along, made a centerpiece of his campaign from day one, we have to stop the flow of people and drugs over our borders.” PeopleMadeSaidAmericaNationsPresidentTrumpDrugFlowCampaignsBordersSovereignCenterpieces Author:Kellyanne Conway
“There are a very small number of doctors in France that use essential oils and herbs as well as conventional drugs in their treatments and sometimes they will use essential oils intensively, usually because they are treating people with cancer or chronic infections that patients have had for years, and ingested essential oils are a really a great choice for treating chronic infections if you're a doctor.” PeopleIfsYearsWellsSometimesUseChoicesNumbersDrugEssentialsDoctorsPatientCancerOilFranceTreatmentConventionalHerbsInfectionSmall NumbersPeople With CancerEssential Oils Author:Robert Tisserand
“I was such a heavy drinker I was going to die at age 37. Not to mention the drugs. I'm glad to be sober, I haven't missed a thing. A lot of people never get the chance to come back.” PeopleAgeDiesChanceHavensDrugHeavyGladSoberDrinkersHeavy Drinkers Author:Steve Young
“Anyone who grew up in the crack era - you know, I grew up in that era - knew that there were also people out - and there are still guys to this day that are out there, you know, obviously drug dealing - but those were the guys who had access and had money. And some of those guys felt responsible to create opportunity for other people and were also aware of the dangers of their work and often aren't really the ones that are encouraging kids to get into drug dealing.” PeopleKnowsStillsKidsGuyOpportunityFeltDangerGrewDrugGrew UpResponsibleAccessErasThis DayCracks Author:Mahershala Ali
“I brought something back from those experiences [with drugs] which made me softer, open to other ideas. And I've learned from listening to other people talk about their experiences, from listening to Bill Hicks or reading Terrence McKenna or Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary. But there's always some dumb cop out there who says "We don't need another legal drug and there's psychological addiction and blah blah blah."” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasReadingListeningDrugBillsAddictionPsychologicalDumbI've LearnedCopBlahListening To OthersHuxleyHicks Author:Joe Rogan
“I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or a stick-up kid. There's a series of events that happen. People don't just wake up and decide they wanna be that.” PeopleHappensKidsProcessCommunitySawsEventsGrewDrugWake UpSticksSeriesGangDealerDrug Dealers Author:Michael K. Williams
“The thing about drugs is that it [dealing] gives people an income to deal with, and it also gives people a compelling drama in their lives that they used to get from the office and the factory, and they're no longer there. What happens if you have everything in the hands of the state, particularly in the line of an authoritarian state, they just give people drugs to keep them doped up, to keep them passive.” PeopleIfsGivingStatesHandsHappensUsedLinesDealsDramaDrugOfficeIncomeFactoriesCompellingPassive Author:Irvine Welsh
“There are many ways of communicating. Some hold the theory that new forms of communication between people can be obtained through hallucinogenic drugs.” PeopleWayFormTheoryCommunicationDrugCommunicateHallucinogenic Drugs Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement really flooded our schools. Schools, caught up in this maelstrom, began viewing children as criminals or suspects, rather than as young people with an enormous amount of potential struggling in their own ways and their own difficult context to make it and hopefully thrive. We began viewing the youth in schools as potential violators rather than as children needing our guidance.” PeopleWayChildrenWarStatesSchoolYoungDifficultUnitedUnited StatesStruggleMovementYouthAmountDrugToughWaveCaughtCriminalsEnormousHopefullyGuidanceThriveSuspectsCaught UpWar On DrugsMaelstrom Author:Michelle Alexander
“My idea of what was going on in politics was driven by activism. I came out when I was 17, and right away I started working in the AIDS activist movement. For me, politics was about getting drugs approved and getting prisoners access to the same kind of drugs that you could get on the outside. It was about getting needle exchanges approved. That was politics. These were policy problems that were killing people, and we were trying to get them changed.” PeopleTryingKindIdeasProblemPolicyMovementChangedDrugKillingDrivenActivismAidsAccessActivistPrisonerNeedlesApproved Author:Rachel Maddow
“The Affordable Care Act is a huge problem. [Repealing the ACA is] going to have huge implications. We have millennials that live in Boston that are on their parents' health insurance. The businesses have hired them and have been able to hire more people because they have been able to be on their own health insurance. We have seniors in our city who have preexisting conditions, or something called a "donut hole," which is a prescription drug [gap] in Medicare. Whatever changes they make could have detrimental effects on people's health care, but also on the economy.” PeopleHas BeensProblemCareAbleParentCitiesEconomyConditionsEffectsHugeDrugHolesHealth CareGapsSeniorBostonImplicationsAffordablePrescriptionsMedicareMillennialsDetrimentalPrescription DrugsDonutsAffordable Care ActRepealingAca Author:Marty Walsh
“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
“Now that's hard for many people to believe, given that the media image of a drug dealer is a black kid standing on the street corner with his pants sagging down.” PeopleBelieveHardKidsGivenBlackStreetsMediaDrugStandingCornersPantsDealerDrug DealersStreet CornersSagging Author:Michelle Alexander
“Defenders of the system will counter by saying this drug war has been aimed at violent crime. But that is not the case. The overwhelming majority of people arrested in the drug war have been arrested for relatively minor, non-violent drug offenses.” PeopleHas BeensWarCasesCrimeDrugMajorityViolentOverwhelmingMinorsOffenseArrestedDefendersWar On DrugsNon ViolentViolent Crimes Author:Michelle Alexander
“Discrimination in public benefits is also perfectly legal. Under federal law, people convicted of drug felonies are deemed ineligible even for food stamps.” PeopleLawDrugBenefitsDiscriminationStampsFood StampsFelony Author:Michelle Alexander
“Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to arrest extraordinary numbers of people, particularly in poor communities of color, for minor drug offenses that get ignored on the other side of town.” PeopleHas BeensWarLawSidesRealizingCommunityPoorNumbersColorDrugBuiltTownsExtraordinaryFinancialGuaranteesMinorsOffenseIgnoredLaw EnforcementEnforcementIncentivesWar On DrugsGuarantees That Author:Michelle Alexander
“In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through programs like the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant program - for the sheer numbers of people arrested for drug offenses.” PeopleHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentLawNumbersDrugProgramAgencyGrantsCashSheerOffenseFederal GovernmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementMemorialArrestedWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“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
“Of course in this age of colorblindness, a time when we have supposedly moved "beyond race," we as a nation would feel very uncomfortable if only black people were sent to jail for drug offenses. We seem comfortable with 90 percent of the people arrested and convicted of drug offenses in some states being African American, but if the figure was 100 percent, the veil of colorblindness would be lost.” PeopleIfsFeelsStatesSeemsWould BeAgeCoursesLostNationsBlackRaceFiguresDrugComfortablePercentMovedAfrican AmericanUncomfortableJailBlack PeopleOffenseVeilsArrested Author:Michelle Alexander
“The fact that people of all colors have been ensnared by the drug war helps to preserve the system as a whole from serious critique, as it creates the impression - at a glance - that the war is being waged in an unbiased manner, even when nothing could be further from the truth.” PeopleHas BeensWarWholeFactsHelpingColorSeriousDrugImpressionPreservesGlancesCritiqueWar On DrugsUnbiased Author:Michelle Alexander
“People charged with drug offenses, though, are typically poor people of color. They are routinely charged with felonies and sent to prison.” PeoplePoorColorDrugPrisonOffensePoor PeopleFelony Author:Michelle Alexander
“You can argue about violence. It's destructive, but people are inherently violent in a lot of ways. Abusing drugs is always bad for people and bad for society, but the whole notion of festival is tied up with intoxication.” PeopleWayWholeViolenceDrugNotionArguingViolentDestructiveTiedFestivalsIntoxicationTied Up Author:Irvine Welsh
“When people fall in love, there´s period of up to three years during which the zeal and infatuation ride at a peak. The internal signals in the body and breain are literally a love drug. And then it beginds to decline. From this perspective, we are preprogramed to lose interest in a sexual partner after the time required to raise a child has passed - which is, on average, about 4 years.” PeopleYearsChildrenBodyFallThreeInterestLosesPerspectivePeriodsDrugRaisesFalling In LoveAveragePartnersInternalsThree YearsDeclineSignalsInfatuationZeal Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“It's important to learn from the past and people's experiences, not only from my father's [Pablo Escobar] as a drug dealer, but from others that have ended just the way he did.” PeopleWayImportantPastFatherDrugDealerDrug DealersLearn From The PastPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I am surprised that many people disregard the fact that the end for almost all drug dealers ends up being the cemetery or the jail cell, we do not know of any case where a drug dealer has "retired"” PeopleKnowsEndsFactsCasesDrugCellsJailRetiredDisregardDealerCemeteryDrug Dealers Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“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
“What I criticize is the message that the United States is sending to the youth of the world - to those of us who invite people to leave the ways of violence and the drug trade, we are not given a visa but those that sell drugs and weapons, yes.” PeopleWorldWayStatesGivenUnitedUnited StatesViolenceYouthDrugMessagesWeaponsTradeSellsCriticizeInvitesVisa Author:Juan Pablo Escobar