“I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs......When I was on drugs I couldn't even find my bike.” ThinkingWinningRaceTerribleDrugSevenTreatedFranceDisgustingBikeArmstrong Author:Willie Nelson
“We cannot eradicate global drug markets, but we can certainly regulate them as we have done with alcohol and tobacco markets. Drug abuse, alcoholism and tobacco should be treated as public health problems, not criminal justice issues.” ShouldDoneProblemJusticeIssuesDrugAbuseAlcoholCriminalsTreatedAlcoholismTobaccoPublic HealthCriminal JusticeDrug AbuseHealth Problems Author:Otto Perez Molina
“Because of the war on drugs, pain patients are treated with skepticism and pain doctors live in fear of being prosecuted for overprescribing. The end result is that addicts still get their opioids without much trouble, while genuine patients often can't find treatment. Those who do must typically be tracked in a database and must schedule frequent, expensive doctor visits for surveillance like urine testing.” StillsWarEndsPainResultsTroubleDrugDoctorsPatientGenuineTreatedExpensiveTreatmentSkepticismSchedulesTestingAddictSurveillanceWar On DrugsEnd ResultsDatabasesOpioidsOften Can Author:Maia Szalavitz
“Although I was simply what today would be called a "mule" - the bottom of the food chain in the drug biz - the federal system treated me from beginning to end like a major criminal, and I still don't know why, other than that in those days, 6.5 ounces of heroin was a big load. Ludicrous by today's standards, when coke, heroin, and weed are shipped across the border by the ton.” KnowsStillsEndsBigsWould BeTodayDrugMajorsStandardsBottomCriminalsTreatedChainsBordersWeedLoadHeroinCokeMulesFood Chain Author:Patricia McConnell
“So to me, what the drugs and addiction are saying is that I deserve to feel good, I'm allowed to take this because look how I was treated as a child. Our authority figures, particularly our parents are hypnotic. Their words are hypnotic literally to small children because of brain wave patterns.” FeelsLooksChildrenParentBrainFiguresDrugAuthorityDeserveAddictionWavePatternsTreatedFeel GoodSmall ChildHypnoticAuthority Figures Author:Bernie Siegel
“The man Hillary [Clinton] introduced at the meeting goes so far as to say that no amount of trauma to children - or poor parenting or anything in their lives - causes them mental disorders. He says it's all biological and genetic and should be treated by drugs.” MenShouldChildrenCausesPoorHe ManAmountDrugMeetingsClintonTraumaTreatedDisorderMental Disorder Author:Peter Breggin
“LSD should be treated as a sacred drug and receive corresponding preparation, preparation of quite a different kind than other psychotropic agents. It is one kind of thing if you have a pain-relieving substance or some euphoriant and (another to) have an agent that engages the very essence of human beings, their consciousness.” IfsShouldHumansKindDifferentPainHuman BeingsConsciousnessDrugEssenceSacredTreatedAgentsPreparationSubstanceDifferent KindsCorrespondingLsd Author:Albert Hofmann
“Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.” PeopleShouldCountryProblemCrimeDrugAddictionAlcoholTreatedJailUsersAddictAlcoholicsDrug AddictionDrugs And AlcoholDrug AddictWithdrawalRecoveringPrescription DrugsAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionHealth ProblemsDrug Addiction RecoveryAddicts In RecoveryFunny DrugAlcohol RecoveryDrug RecoveryInspirational Drug RecoveryRecovering AlcoholicsAddicted To You Author:Ralph Nader