Although I am a
Although I am a strong political conservative, I now believe that the costs of our fruitless struggle against illegal drugs are not worth the modest benefits likely to be achieved. Ernest Van den Haag
Illegal Drugs
Every addiction starts with
Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain. Eckhart Tolle
Every addiction arises from
Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain. Whatever the substance you are addicted to – alcohol, food, legal or illegal drugs, or a person – you are using something or somebody to cover up your pain. Eckhart Tolle
Marijuana is one of
Marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man. Frances M. Young
The illegal drug trade
The illegal drug trade is the financial engine that fuels many terrorist organizations around the world, including Osama bin Laden. Dennis Hastert
The choice is not
The choice is not between drugs and no drugs, but between illegal drugs and legal drugs. Until the 1920s drugs were legal, why not now? Lots of people are on drugs anyway – it is called medication. David Hockney
In fact, street gangs
In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States. Dave Reichert
Illegal drug use runs
Illegal drug use runs contrary to the image of health depicted by cycling. Distributors of these drugs must be prosecuted more harshly as they are ciminals. Bernard Hinault
So at the end
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors. Barry McCaffrey
By characterizing the use
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 … Read more