“The hallucinogens produce visionary states, sort of, but morphine and its derivatives decrease awareness of inner processes, thoughts and feelings. They are pain killers; pure and simple. They are absolutely contraindicated for creative work, and I include in the lot alcohol, morphine, barbiturates, tranquilizers the whole spectrum of sedative drugs.” StatesWholeFeelingsPainProcessSimpleCreativeAwarenessProduceDrugPureAlcoholKillersSpectrumVisionariesDecreaseCreative WorkThoughts And FeelingsDerivativesMorphineHallucinogens Book:Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997 Source: Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997
“I think that people taking drugs occasionally are great. I think there's nothing wrong with it. But if you do it the whole time, you don't produce as good things as you could.” PeopleIfsThinkingWholeProduceDrugGood Things Author:Mick Jagger
“I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than it alleviates.” BelieveWarUseSufferingI BelieveProduceDrugResourcesVentureImmoralWar On DrugsAlleviateMisplaced Book:David Harsanyi: Volume I Source: David Harsanyi: Volume I
“If you look at the world's top 50 drugs being sold today, they are being marketed and sold by companies that did not invent them. I respect patents. I'll pay a royalty. But I shouldn't be denied the right to produce drugs for poor people at reasonable prices.” PeopleIfsWorldLooksTodayPoorPayCompanyProduceDrugReasonableDeniedPoor PeopleRoyaltyPatents Author:Yusuf Hamied
“Often young black people are looking towards the alternative economies. They are looking towards the drug economy.... the economies that are going to that apparently will produce some kind of material gain for them.” PeopleKindYoungBlackEconomyProduceMaterialsDrugGainsAlternativesBlack People Author:Angela Davis
“Entheogens are not to be lightly trifled with... However, if taken with the right attitude and in the proper setting, psychoactive drugs may produce religious experiences. ...it is far less clear that they can produce religious lives.” IfsMayReligiousAttitudeTakenClearProduceDrugSettingSettingsReligious ExperienceReligious LifePsychoactive Drugs Author:Huston Smith
“It does say something about a society when those who sue physicians and hospitals make as much or more money than those who heal disease. It says something about a society when it glorifies and rewards those who litigate while it demonizes and punishes those who produce the drugs and devices that keep it citizens alive and well.” WellsDoeAliveProduceCitizensDrugDiseaseRewardsHealDevicesHospitalsMore MoneyPhysiciansGlorify Author:Dennis Prager
“We all know to feel sympathy for those who've suffered from drug addiction, child abuse, and terminal illness, so the set up elicits an emotional response that the story itself very well may not earn. Energy generated by the fiction itself is likely to produce more light.” KnowsFeelsWellsMayChildrenStoriesLightEnergyFictionProduceEmotionalDrugAbuseResponseAddictionIllnessChild AbuseDrug AddictionDrug AddictTerminalEmotional ResponseTerminal Illness Author:Anthony Marra