“Once you've produced the scientific data that's necessary to make a drug into a medicine, you've gone a long way towards mainstreaming the acceptance of these drugs as having beneficial properties. And then the step to legalization is not that far behind that.” WayLongBehindsStepsGoneAcceptanceDrugMedicinePropertyDataLong WayBeneficial Author:Rick Doblin
“In life, (the fashion world) is full of sharks. In this world the young girls lose themselves; become the property of others, live but for the job and their craziness...they don't know anymore where their home is. Many take drugs. It's strange. Perhaps the girls understand that this does not work for me. I don't have many friendships with other models. I respect them and enjoy working with them, but I probably would not invite them into my home. My house is like my heart, and I open it only to those with whom I have a close relationship.” KnowsWorldHeartDoeHomeJobsYoungGirlHouseEnjoyLosesFashionThis WorldStrangeMy HeartDrugModelsPropertyInvitesSharksCrazinessClose RelationshipFashion World Author:Laetitia Casta
“Those who suffer from the abuse of drugs have themselves to blame for it. This does not mean that society is absolved from active concern for their plight. It does mean that their plight is subordinate to the plight of those citizens who do not experiment with drugs but whose life, liberty, and property are substantially affected by the illegalization of the drugs sought after by the minority.” MeanDoeSufferingLibertyCitizensDrugConcernAbuseBlamePropertyActiveExperimentsMinoritiesAffectedSubordinatesPlight Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“I do think that if you were to be scrupulous and research into it you would find that certain types of natural psychedelics have, if anything, anti-addictive properties. And all the evidence really points towards that. But you have the people who are running these drug rehab situations, they demonized all the drugs.” PeopleIfsThinkingRunningCertainNaturalSituationTypeDrugResearchEvidencePropertyRehab Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest in innovation. But too much protection can strangle competition and can limit what economists call 'incremental innovation' - innovations that build, in some way, on others.” PeopleIfsWayToo MuchDrugLimitsIntellectualInnovationCompetitionPropertyProtectionInventionEconomistStolenSpursIntellectual Property Author:James Surowiecki
“You realize that people take drugs because it's the only real personal adventure left to them in their time-constrained, law-and-order, property-lined world. It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.” PeopleWorldRealLawOrderLeftRealizingAdventureDrugPropertyLaw And Order Book:Survivor: A Novel Source: Survivor: A Novel