“The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary, prohibition is directly responsible for the power of crack dealers to terrorize whole neighborhoods. And every cent spent on the cops, investigators, bureaucrats, courts, jails, weapons, and tests required to feed the drug-war machine is a cent not spent on reversing the social policies that have destroyed the cities, nourished racism, and laid the groundwork for crack culture.” WarWholeKidsCultureSocialBlackCommunityJusticeCitiesPolicyDrugCreatingWeaponsRacismTestsMachinesResponsibleCourtContraryDestroyedDecentNeighborhoodCracksJailCentsCopProhibitionDealerBureaucratsWar On DrugsInvestigatorsGroundworkSocial Policy Book:No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays Source: No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays
“The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere.” ShouldStatesFightingUnitedUnited StatesDrugResponsibleElsewhereCocaine Author:Evo Morales
“After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors, a policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies. Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, it is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia. And Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.” CountryNumbersPolicyRevolutionDrugResponsibleAffairIraqNeighborTerroristSettingKingdomsObjectivesSettingsIranAfghanistanInterferePakistanExpandingAttackingArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisExplosivesDiplomatsMilitiaTerrorist AttacksSectarianismEmbassyYemenSmuggling Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. The drug trade is responsible for much of that.” WorldDrugHighestMurderResponsibleTradeRateHonduras Author:Renee Montagne
“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
“Just plain logic says that the war on drugs does not work. It absolutely does not work. We have this highly addictive legal drug called tobacco which has never resulted in people being sent to prison, but there has been a massive reduction in its consumption simply because responsible adults looking at their own bodies have said they don't want to do that to themselves.” PeopleWantDoeHas BeensSaidWarBodyDrugAdultsLogicResponsiblePrisonMassiveWorking ItConsumptionTobaccoReductionWar On Drugs Author:Graham Hancock
“To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand them so that we can intelligently direct our emotional energies and intentions.... It's time for human beings to grow up emotionally, to mature into emotionally managed and responsible citizens. No magic pill will do it.” HumansWisdomEnergyGrowsHuman BeingsEmotionGrowing UpMagicEmotionalCitizensDrugDirectResponsibleIntentionManageMaturePillsEmotional Energy Author:Doc Childre
“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