“What we do best is we target the young men and women who are on the fringe. They could go either way. Maybe they have been in trouble before, but not serious trouble. ... We cherry-pick them and circumvent them away from the gang members and drug dealers ... (and encourage) them to hang out with us and become a Guardian Angel.” MenWayHas BeensYoungTroubleSeriousDrugMembersPicksMen And WomenAngelYoung ManTargetHanging OutGangGuardianFringeDealerCherriesGuardian AngelDrug DealersGang Members Author:Curtis Sliwa
“The private and serious drama of guilt is not often a useful one for fiction today and its disappearance, following perhaps the disappearance from life, appears as a natural, almost unnoticed relief, like some of the challenging illnesses wiped out by drug and vaccines.” TodayNaturalChallengesFictionSeriousDramaDrugGuiltIllnessFollowingReliefVaccinesUnnoticedDisappearance Book:Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays Source: Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays
“For years I've been interested in a fundamental question concerning what I call the psychology of evil: Why is it that good people do evil deeds? I've been interested in that question since I was a little kid. Growing up in the ghetto in the South Bronx, I had lots of friends who I thought were good kids, but for one reason or another they ended up in serious trouble. They went to jail, they took drugs, or they did terrible things to other people. My whole upbringing was focused on trying to understand what could have made them go wrong.” PeopleTryingYearsLittlesMadeReasonWholeKidsEvilGrowing UpPsychologyGrowingTroubleSeriousTerribleDrugFundamentalsSouthDeedsFocusedJailGood PeopleLittle KidTerrible ThingsUpbringingGhettoLots Of FriendsBronxKids Growing Up Author:Philip Zimbardo
“My dad drank pretty heavily, and he never missed a day of work in his life. So I never looked at drinking as a serious problem, but drugs to me are a serious problem. I think it's a generational thing. I think older people don't feel as uncomfortable around drinkers as they do around dopers.” PeopleThinkingFeelsProblemSeriousDadDrugDrinkingMy DadUncomfortableDrankDrinkersOlder People Author:Alex Trebek
“In this country we're unprecedentedly safe, comfortable, and well fed, with more and better venues for stimulation. And yet if you were asked, 'Is this a happy or unhappy country?' you'd check the 'unhappy' box. We're living in an era of emotional poverty, which is something that serious drug addicts feel most keenly.” IfsFeelsWellsCountryPovertyEmotionalSeriousDrugSafeComfortableBoxesUnhappyChecksErasFedsAddictDrug AddictVenuesStimulation Author:David Foster Wallace
“The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and skirt-chasing, White House aides who were stricken cruelly with overweening ambition, movie stars and baseball players who came down with acute cases of wanting to trash hotel rooms while under the influence of recreational drugs. Most of them have found God, or at least a publisher.” ShowsFoundHouseStarsWhiteRoomsCasesPlayerInfluenceSeriousDrugAmbitionBaseballHotelWhite HouseSpellsPublishersChasingMovie StarTrashSkirtsBaseball PlayerCongressmanTalk ShowsHotel RoomsSufferersRecreational Drugs Author:Calvin Trillin
“If you spent a proper amount of time with me, you would probably wonder if I was on drugs - I'm not. I'm just incredibly hyperactive and manic. I can be quiet and serious at the same time.” IfsI CanWonderSeriousAmountDrugQuietManic Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“We respect the freedom of all citizens. Young people should have fun, but there is no tolerance of drug abuse. Drugs have become a serious problem in Vietnam. This is why we have very strict penalties for any sort of drug dealing.” PeopleShouldProblemYoungFunSeriousCitizensDrugShould HaveAbuseToleranceHaving FunVietnamPenaltiesStrictDrug Abuse Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“When there is no such thing as religious culture and moral education, serious social problems such as drug addiction and racism fill the gap.” ProblemCultureSocialReligiousEducationMoralSeriousDrugRacismAddictionGapsDrug AddictionDrug AddictSocial ProblemsMoral Education Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.” PeopleIfsWantImportantWarRealGovernmentRunningSchoolStuffRealizingIssuesCrimeSeriousRepublicanGayDrugDemocratIraqArguingImmigrationNeighborhoodIllegalImprovingBetter PlaceCleaningGay MarriageAlabamaIllegal ImmigrationCleaning Up Author:Charles Barkley
“Mexico is not going to build it [a wall], we're going to build it. And it's going to be a serious wall. It's not going to be a toy wall like we have right now where cars and trucks drive over it loaded up with drugs and they sell the drugs in our country and then they go back and, you know, we get the drugs, they get the cash, okay, and that's not going to happen.” KnowsCountryHappensCarSeriousWallRight NowDrugOkaySellsOur CountryOver ItCashMexicoToysTruckLoaded Author:Donald Trump
“Methamphetamine is a hideous drug. Meth makes a person become paranoid, violent, and aggressive - making them a serious threat to society and law enforcement. And maybe more importantly, meth users are a threat to their own children and families.” ChildrenPersonsLawSeriousDrugThreatViolentAggressiveUsersLaw EnforcementEnforcementHideousParanoidMethamphetamine Author:Dirk Kempthorne
“Brenda [Carlin] went into therapy and I soon joined her. First we put the drugs behind us, then we began serious work on our relationship. And, in time, we got well together.She just drove through a hotel lobby. Now, that's bottoming out.” FirstsWellsTogetherBehindsSeriousDrugTherapyHotelOur RelationshipSerious WorkHotel Lobby Author:George Carlin
“I have friends who go [Tokyo] frequently on business, and it sounds interesting. I've heard that they have for the first time serious drug problems.” FirstsProblemSoundInterestingHeardSeriousDrugFirst TimeTokyo Author:William Gibson
“If you accuse me of being on drugs because I'm very focused on what I do, because I'm very serious, because I'm very hungry, because I can squat 800 lbs, because I can bench 500 lbs, because I can press 315 behind my neck, and if these things don't fit under what you consider to be natural, then I don't want to be a natural. I don't want to be what you depict as a natural. I want to define myself for me.” IfsWantI CanNaturalBehindsSeriousFitDrugPressesFocusedHungryNecksBecause I CanBenchesSquat Author:Kai Greene
“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
“Being larger than life, or being projected as such in the music business, leads you to question yourself. Some people try to forget about it by taking drugs or too much drink, but I was never like that. I was aware that there were very serious, big questions, and I was petrified about what might be in store for me.” PeopleTryingForgetSeriousDrinkDrugMusic Business Author:Cat Stevens
“The children - I call them children when they're under 18 - are hungry for that love. The drugs are just a sleep that you can't even wake up from, because you might remember what you did when you were there. There's no place for them - there should be a rehabilitation center on every corner, along with McDonald's and the banks. This is serious business. The waiting lists are incredible. I mean, it's terrible. It's really terrible.” MeanChildrenRememberWaitingSleepSeriousTerribleDrugWake UpIncrediblesHungry Author:Toni Morrison
“If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.” PeopleIfsWorldDecisionEffectsPositionSeriousDrugNegativeAround The World Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues.” YearsI CanProblemKidsTodayRememberMotherDifficultDealsIssuesSeriousGrewDrugGrew UpStrategyAlcoholPrescriptionsOverweightPrescription Drugs Author:Tom Vilsack
“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.” TwoWholeHalfCasesFiveSeriousNeededDrugTendenciesGrassCollectionsBagsDozenSaltLockedSheetsSeventiesGalaxyAcidVegasLas VegasCocaineLoathingPintsGonzoHalf FullFear And LoathingRumTequilaShakersDownersBudweiser Book:The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time Source: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time