“The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners.” WarRealBigsGamesDrugConvictionPrisonerLocksWar On DrugsScamsLock Up Author:Jerry Brown
“President Obama has reduced the sentences of 22 federal prisoners who were arrested for drug-related crimes - eight of whom were serving life sentences. It marks the first time someone has said 'Thanks Obama' but actually meant it.” FirstsSaidPresidentCrimeDrugFirst TimeMarkEightSentencesThanksRelatedServingPrisonerPresident ObamaArrested Author:Jimmy Fallon
“When President Nixon declared war on drugs on June 17, 1971, about 110 people per 100,000 in the population were incarcerated. Today, we have 2-3 million prisoners: 743 people per 100,000 in the population. The U.S. has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of its prisoners. As Senator Jim Webb once put it, Either we are home to the most evil people on earth or we are doing something different and vastly counterproductive.” PeopleWorldDifferentWarHomeTodayEarthEvilPresidentMillionsDrugPopulationPrisonerSenatorsJuneWar On DrugsEvil PeopleCounterproductivePresident Nixon Author:Maia Szalavitz
“In 1970, there were approximately 330,000 prisoners in the US. Today there are 2.3 million behind bars - more than any country in the history of the world. In 2009 alone there were 1.6 million drug-related arrests in the U.S. 1.3 million of these were for possession of drugs alone. Over half were related to marijuana. The forty-year war on drugs has cost $2.5 trillion.” WorldYearsWarCountryTodayBehindsHalfMillionsCostDrugPossessionBarsRelatedFortyPrisonerMarijuanaWorld HistoryWar On Drugs Author:Sam Branson
“On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.” WarHumorDrugPrisonAverageAlcoholReleaseMore TimePrisonerAlcoholicsWar On DrugsDrug ProhibitionOvercrowding Author:Michael Badnarik
“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
“If people are encouraged to come out and say they're HIV-positive and they're given their treatments, then obviously, the people who are marginalized - like intravenous drug users, prisoners, people are made to feel less-than - if they're given the support of the government, and they're given the funding, then it's going to help solve the spread of AIDS and HIV in America.” PeopleHelpingSupportDrugSpreadAidsPrisonerUsers Author:Elton John
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” WayInspirationalWisdomInspirationFreedomInspiringLibertyPositiveDrugRespectIndependentCastsPositivityHumanitarianChainsLiberationLive LifePrisonerRespecting OthersFreedom And LibertyFreedom Of ThoughtWay To LiveFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesApartheidFreedom Of ChoiceBeing FreeFreedom FighterLive FreeInspirational CharityLiberty And JusticeEnhancementLong Walk To FreedomFighting For FreedomIndependence And FreedomGreat FreedomBreaking FreeLive For OthersInspiring Independence DayEducation And FreedomHappy 4th Of JulyInspirational FreedomFavorite WordsFreedom Of AssemblyMoral FreedomUsa Freedom Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations
“True love, like any other strong and addicting drug, is boring — once the tale of encounter and discovery is told, kisses quickly grow stale and caresses tiresome… except, of course, to those who share the kisses, who give and take the caresses while every sound and color of the world seems to deepen and brighten around them. As with any other strong drug, true first love is really only interesting to those who have become its prisoners. And, as is true of any other strong and addicting drug, true first love is dangerous.” WorldLoveGivingFirstsSeemsCoursesStrongGrowsSoundLove IsInterestingShareDangerousColorDrugKissingDiscoveryBoringTalesEncountersPrisonerFirst LoveStaleCaressGive And TakeTiresomeDark Tower Series Book:The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass Source: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass