Drugs Quotes: Inspiring and Thought-Provoking Words on Substance Use

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs"

"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too"

"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power"

P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me"

Hunter S. Thompson, Journalist

"The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs"

Thomas Sydenham, Scientist

"Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs"

Robin Williams, Comedian

"I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs"

Nancy Reagan, First Lady

"I bought a gun and chose drugs instead"

Kurt Cobain, Musician

"I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band"

Bill Hicks, Comedian

"Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have nothing to do with the liability insurance crisis facing doctors and should be stripped from this bill"

Dennis Cardoza, Politician

"The World Health Organisation has a lot of its medical experts sitting in Geneva while hospitals in Africa have no drugs and desperate patients are forced to seek medication on the black market"

Pauline Hanson, Politician

"In my private life, I'm not around any drugs or alcohol"

Penn Jillette, Entertainer

"Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all"

Kurt Cobain, Musician

"I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family"

Peter Steele, Musician

"The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough"

M. C. Escher, Artist

"The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases"

William Osler, Scientist

"Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe"

Ray Manzarek, Musician

"For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"We not only heard it before 20 years ago, before George Bush in 2001 passed his tax relief, before in 2003 the tax relief were past, we were told they were dead. Before we provided prescription drugs for Medicare, we were told it wasn't going to happen"

Ken Mehlman, Politician

"I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it"

John Shirley, Author

"What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up community organizations determined to do something about this terrible menace of drugs"

Barry McCaffrey, Soldier

"You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel"

Greg Rusedski, Athlete

"Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

"Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented"

Leo Rosten, Novelist

"Drugs are a bet with your mind"

Jim Morrison, Musician

"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs"

Lily Tomlin, Actress

"Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence"

Natalie Portman, Actress

"There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use"

Layne Staley, Musician

"Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that"

Layne Staley, Musician

"There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on"

Layne Staley, Musician

"There's no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that"

Waylon Jennings, Musician