“By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is dangerous. They undercut the goals of stopping the initiation of drug use to prevent addiction.... Children entering drug abuse treatment routinely report that they heard that 'pot is medicine' and, therefore, believed it to be good for them.” ChildrenStatesUseFunGoalHeardDangerousDrugAbuseMedicineAddictionBe GoodReportsTreatmentIllegalPotAfternoonSaturdayStoppingEnteringNormInitiationDrug AbuseDrug UseIllegal DrugsUndercutSaturday Afternoon Author:Andrea Barthwell
“Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement but full recovery.” Has BeensGoalPowerfulWorryTypeDrugAnxietyTestsImprovementRecoveryTreatmentPanicPublic SpeakingShynessPhobiaPanic AttacksDrug Free Author:David D. Burns
“Now take a look at the way the Drug War is conducted over the past 40 years. It goes back farther, but start from 40 years ago: There's very little spent on prevention and treatment. There's a lot on policing, a ton of stuff on border control and a lot on out-of-country operations. And the effect on the availability of drugs is almost undetectable; drug prices don't change on measures of availability. So there are two possibilities: Either those conducting the Drug War are lunatics, or they have another purpose.” WayYearsLooksLittlesTwoWarCountryPastPurposeStuffEffectsPossibilityDrugYears AgoOperationsBordersTreatmentOver The PastDon't ChangeWar On DrugsPreventionConductingAvailabilityBorder Control Author:Noam Chomsky
“Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.” PeopleLifeProblemChoicesCasesIssuesDrugBenefitsWeightRefuseAlcoholStuckSicknessTreatment Author:David Cameron
“Drug companies should not be allowed to reap excessive profits or spend unreasonable amounts on marketing if they want to receive support that is designed to encourage life- saving and health-improving treatments.” IfsWantShouldCompanySupportAmountDrugMarketingProfitSavingTreatmentImprovingReapUnreasonableLife SavingDrug Companies Author:Hillary Clinton
“Medical men do not know the drugs they use, nor their prices.” KnowsMenUseScienceDrugMedicalTreatmentPhysicians Author:Francis Bacon
“Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.” JobsStudyDevelopmentDrugSkillsTrainingProgramAbusePrisonMental HealthTreatmentParticipationDrug AbuseInmatesJob TrainingSkills DevelopmentRecidivismVocational TrainingVocational Education Author:Bobby Scott
“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
“Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more jails in which to isolate drug users even though at one-seventh the cost of building and maintaining jail space and pursuing, detaining, and prosecuting the drug user, we could subsidize commensurately effective medical care and psychological treatment.” CareSpaceHalfBuildingWillingCostDrugBenefitsAvailableMedicalPsychologicalTreatmentJailUsersMaintainingMedical CareProsecutingDetaining Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“The drug problem is in the United States, not in Mexico. It's a demand problem and that is to be dealt with here, and it is not being dealt with. It's been shown over and over that prevention and treatment are far more cost effective than police action, out-of-country action, border control, and so on.” CountryStatesProblemActionUnitedUnited StatesCostDrugDemandPoliceBordersTreatmentMexicoPreventionBorder Control Author:Noam Chomsky
“When you think of the costs of cancer care, one can imagine that drugs like checkpoint blockers or transfer of these T lymphocytes are actually cost-saving, just as treatments for hepatitis C, while expensive, overall save money by preventing hepatitis and hep - hepatocarcinoma in patients.” ThinkingCareImagineCostDrugPatientCancerSavingExpensiveTreatmentImagine ThatTransfersSaving MoneyPreventingCheckpointsHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Laurie Glimcher
“You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who are using any drugs. I think they absolutely need treatment.” PeopleThinkingNeedsShouldDrugPrisonTreatmentThrowing Author:Kevin Sabet
“If you've heard Hillary Clinton's recent remarks on Ritalin and other drug use on children, you'll find the usual nauseating demagoguery. She appears to be urging Ritalin caution; but, if you listen carefully, she's calling it a miracle drug: "A Godsend for emotional and behavioral problems, for both children and their parents." She insists her efforts are not an attack on the medical treatment of children's emotional well-being because the drugs are very, very "useful."” IfsWellsChildrenUseProblemParentEffortHeardEmotionalCallingDrugMiracleClintonMedicalWell BeingTreatmentUsualCautionRemarksDrug UseDemagogueryMedical TreatmentEmotional Well BeingRitalin Author:Peter Breggin
“There are a very small number of doctors in France that use essential oils and herbs as well as conventional drugs in their treatments and sometimes they will use essential oils intensively, usually because they are treating people with cancer or chronic infections that patients have had for years, and ingested essential oils are a really a great choice for treating chronic infections if you're a doctor.” PeopleIfsYearsWellsSometimesUseChoicesNumbersDrugEssentialsDoctorsPatientCancerOilFranceTreatmentConventionalHerbsInfectionSmall NumbersPeople With CancerEssential Oils Author:Robert Tisserand
“Drunk driving contains a far greater risk of violent death than the use or sale of illegal drugs, the societal response to drunk drivers has generally emphasized keeping the person functional and in society, while attempting to respond to the dangerous behavior through treatment and counseling.” PersonsUseGreaterRiskDangerousDrugBehaviorResponseDrivingViolentDrunkTreatmentIllegalDriversAttemptingCounselingIllegal DrugsViolent DeathDrunk Driving Author:Michelle Alexander
“We have now spent 1 trillion dollars waging the drug war since it began. A trillion. Those funds could have been used for education, jobs and drug treatment in the communities that needed it most. We could have used those funds for our collective well being, instead those dollars paved the way for the destruction of countless lives, families, and dreams.” WayWellsHas BeensWarDreamJobsUsedCommunityNeededDrugDestructionDollarsWell BeingCollectivesTreatmentFundCould Have BeenFamily LifeWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.” SufferingMillionsMonthsDrugAddictionCongressAlcoholRecoveryCelebrateTreatmentBarriersDrug AddictionFunny Sarcastic Author:Jim Ramstad
“I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system - one that depends on ruinously expensive drugs and surgeries that treat health conditions after they manifest rather than giving our citizens simple diet, lifestyle and therapeutic tools to keep them healthy.” GivingYearsCareAmericaSimpleConditionsHealthDependsCitizensHealthyDrugDiseaseToolsTreatsManagementLifestyleHealth CareTherapyDietsUsaExpensiveTreatmentManifestHealthcareHealthy LivingPhysiciansSurgeryHealthy LifestyleTherapeuticHealth Care SystemAlternative MedicineManagement Systems Author:Andrew Weil