“My theory is that everything went to hell with Prohibition, because it was a law nobody could obey. So the whole concept of the rule of law was corrupted at that moment. Then came Vietnam, and marijuana, which clearly shouldn't be illegal, but is. If you go to jail for ten years in Texas when you light up a joint, who are you? You're a lawbreaker. It's just like Prohibition was. When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society, you see?” PeopleIfsYearsWholeMomentsLightHappensLawAcceptingHellTheoryTenNormalConceptsThings HappenIllegalThat MomentJailTexasVietnamMarijuanaJointsRule Of LawProhibitionLight UpBreaking The Law Author:Orson Welles
“I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.” IfsShouldUseGovernmentLawDoctorsAgreeMajorityPatientMedicalFavorsVotersMarijuanaPhysiciansInterfereLegislationFederal GovernmentProhibitionApprovedOverdue Author:Abigail Van Buren
“While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other, legal, substances.” LawScienceResponsibilityKnowledgeDrugConsequenceFlowToleranceSubstanceSevereCocaineProhibitionMisuseCollateral Author:Byron White
“People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or do. In such cases, like abortion or prayer or prohibition or sexual identity, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the free conscience of each person, not the coercive rule of secular law.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelievePersonsStatesLawPrayerRolesCasesAtheismIdentityConscienceAppealsAbortionSecularProhibitionInvoke Author:Edward Kennedy
“Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites and lusts of mankind, serve rather to heighten them. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata [we always resist prohibitions, and yearn for what is denied us].” LawLaughingMankindBrokenNeighborLustAppetiteDeniedProhibitionRestraining Author:Baruch Spinoza