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Drug War Quotes

The Drug War is an addiction, really Picture Quote #1

The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug Picture Quote #1

The war on drugs is a war against the communities Picture Quote #1

If I had to guess and put a name on it, I’d say that at some point, the drug war was as much a function of class and social control as it was of racism Picture Quote #1

The whole drug war is nothing but a pretext to increase police power and personnel, and that, of course, is dead wrong. So many created imagined drug offenses Picture Quote #1

Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000, ‘legal’ drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200, marijuana: 0. Considering government subsidies of tobacco, just what is our government protecting us from in the drug war? Picture Quote #1

See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That’s literally true Picture Quote #1

I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for nothing, and go to jail for a long time Picture Quote #1

With its brutal excesses and reliance on snitches and finks as informants, I don’t think it’s far off-kilter to describe the modern-day drug war as oddly similar to the Salem witch trials Picture Quote #1

No matter what federal program one selects - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the drug war, the income tax and the IRS, education, foreign interventions and wars - they are all a giant mess Picture Quote #1

The idea that [Jeff Sessions] is the man who is going to end the progress on the drug war makes me want to rip my hair out, every carefully nurtured curl on my head Picture Quote #1

Clear now that she was as dependent as any addict on the drug of the war. He had underestimated the damage in her Picture Quote #1

I don’t think drugs should be illegal. I’m not an advocate of everybody running out and using drugs, but I think the drug wars are not working, there’s millions and millions of dollars being spent on the drug war that we’re never going to win Picture Quote #1

ChÃƒÂ¡vez inadvertently made the US drug war tactics look good. Quite a feat, given the disaster which is the drug war. After expelling the DEA (not necessarily a bad thing, given its record in Colombia and elsewhere), he failed to devise a credible strategy for Venezuela Picture Quote #1

On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War Picture Quote #1

It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn’t end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love, Not War. We were idealistic innocents, despite the drugs and sex Picture Quote #1

There’s a big thing in Canada that parents need to talk to their children about drugs and sex. I don’t think talking to your kids about war is any less important than that Picture Quote #1

I was trying in ‘The Power of the Dog’ to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people Picture Quote #1

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn’t find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners Picture Quote #1

The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real Picture Quote #1

We won’t win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs Picture Quote #1

The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn’t enough critical reporting about it and that’s why it’s gotten out of hand Picture Quote #1

I can’t believe a war against drugs when they have anti-drug commercials on TV all day long followed by This Bud is for you Picture Quote #1

Today, aid to Colombia is given under the pretext of a drug war. That’s pretty hard to take seriously. Ten years ago, Amnesty International flatly called it a myth Picture Quote #1

The big lock-up is about drugs. Here’s the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners Picture Quote #1

In the 1920s, we thought the problems associated with alcohol could be solved by police and jails. Prohibition taught us we were wrong. The strategy of the present drug war is Prohibition redux Picture Quote #1

I’m finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I’m finding myself really angry over what’s happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I’m angry about cap and trade. And I’ve been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs Picture Quote #1

The President’s budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill Picture Quote #1

Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs’ true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system Picture Quote #1

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion Picture Quote #1

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The Drug War is an addiction, really (Drug War Quotes) The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug (Drug War Quotes) The war on drugs is a war against the communities (Drug War Quotes) If I had to guess and put a name on it, I’d say that at some point, the drug war was as much a function of class and social control as it was of racism. (Drug War Quotes) The whole drug war is nothing but a pretext to increase police power and personnel, and that, of course, is dead wrong. So many created imagined drug offenses. (Drug War Quotes) Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000, ‘legal’ drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200, marijuana: 0. Considering government subsidies of tobacco, just what is our government protecting us from in the drug war? (Drug War Quotes) See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That’s literally true. (Drug War Quotes) I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for nothing, and go to jail for a long time. (Drug War Quotes) With its brutal excesses and reliance on snitches and finks as informants, I don’t think it’s far off-kilter to describe the modern-day drug war as oddly similar to the Salem witch trials. (Drug War Quotes) No matter what federal program one selects - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the drug war, the income tax and the IRS, education, foreign interventions and wars - they are all a giant mess. (Drug War Quotes) The idea that [Jeff Sessions] is the man who is going to end the progress on the drug war makes me want to rip my hair out, every carefully nurtured curl on my head. (Drug War Quotes) Clear now that she was as dependent as any addict on the drug of the war. He had underestimated the damage in her. (Drug War Quotes) I don’t think drugs should be illegal. I’m not an advocate of everybody running out and using drugs, but I think the drug wars are not working, there’s millions and millions of dollars being spent on the drug war that we’re never going to win. (Drug War Quotes) ChÃƒÂ¡vez inadvertently made the US drug war tactics look good. Quite a feat, given the disaster which is the drug war. After expelling the DEA (not necessarily a bad thing, given its record in Colombia and elsewhere), he failed to devise a credible strategy for Venezuela. (Drug War Quotes) On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War. (Drug War Quotes) It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn’t end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love, Not War. We were idealistic innocents, despite the drugs and sex. (Drug War Quotes) There’s a big thing in Canada that parents need to talk to their children about drugs and sex. I don’t think talking to your kids about war is any less important than that. (Drug War Quotes) I was trying in ‘The Power of the Dog’ to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people. (Drug War Quotes) The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn’t find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners. (Drug War Quotes) The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real. (Drug War Quotes) We won’t win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs. (Drug War Quotes) The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn’t enough critical reporting about it and that’s why it’s gotten out of hand. (Drug War Quotes) I can’t believe a war against drugs when they have anti-drug commercials on TV all day long followed by This Bud is for you. (Drug War Quotes) Today, aid to Colombia is given under the pretext of a drug war. That’s pretty hard to take seriously. Ten years ago, Amnesty International flatly called it a myth. (Drug War Quotes) The big lock-up is about drugs. Here’s the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners (Drug War Quotes) In the 1920s, we thought the problems associated with alcohol could be solved by police and jails. Prohibition taught us we were wrong. The strategy of the present drug war is Prohibition redux (Drug War Quotes) I’m finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I’m finding myself really angry over what’s happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I’m angry about cap and trade. And I’ve been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs (Drug War Quotes) The President’s budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill (Drug War Quotes) Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs’ true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system (Drug War Quotes) The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion (Drug War Quotes)

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