Drugs Quotes

"Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs"

Michael Badnarik, Politician

"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

"There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period"

Ted Nugent, Musician

"I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real"

Vanilla Ice, Musician

"Drugs won't enhance your performance"

Morgan Brittany, Actress

"I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself"

Stuart Appleby, Athlete

"I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do"

Richard Thompson, Musician

"That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end"

Ringo Starr, Musician

"But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe"

Armistead Maupin, Novelist

"Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties"

George Clooney, Actor

"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, Athlete

"If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation"

Jonathan Franzen, Novelist

"I can meet any producer in Hollywood and look them in the eye, knowing I didn't sleep with them, or do drugs with them"

Morgan Brittany, Actress

"Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have"

Mel Carnahan, Politician

"In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety"

Jim Ramstad, Politician

"Drugs made me feel more normal"

Carrie Fisher, Actress

"Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!"

Courtney Love, Musician

"There's so much talk about the drug generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't songs about drugs; they're about life"

Cass Elliot, Musician

"I can't wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing golf and going to the beach, all my own age. We'd be laughing and having a good time and getting loopy on our prescription drugs. Driving golf carts around. I can't wait"

Cameron Diaz, Actress

"Drugs have played no significant factor in my life"

Dennis Brown, Musician

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

Casper Van Dien, Actor

"We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs"

Chevy Chase, Comedian

"I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone or it will ruin my image"

Courtney Love, Musician

"When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all that. It's supposed to be sex and drugs and rock and roll and I'm not really like that. I've never really seen the Rolling Stones as anything"

Charlie Watts, Musician

"I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!"

Bonnie Tyler, Musician

"I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy"

Bram Cohen, Scientist

"I must tell you, I haven't done the drug problem that is faced by cops and people on the border. It's a hard show to do, but I think it's going to say a lot about drugs and the problems related to them. I just hope people can watch it, it's a pretty strong show"

Aaron Spelling, Producer

"Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day"

Armstrong Williams, Journalist

"I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so than me. That might have had something to do with it. That might have had something to do with nobody wanting to play my records, too, I don't know"

Barry McGuire, Musician

"Death comes at you no matter what you do in this life, and to equate drugs with death is a facile comparison"

Jerry Garcia, Musician

"And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem"

Jerry Garcia, Musician

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

Lily Tomlin, Actress

"If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism"

Spike Lee, Director

"So if one, or two, or a handful of guys sells drugs for their own personal gain and profit who just so happens to be a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, we want that same consideration"

Chuck Zito, Celebrity

"Now as far as the organization selling drugs, no. Individuals selling drugs is something else"

Chuck Zito, Celebrity

"I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much"

Gary Oldman, Actor

"Everyone has favorite criminals. Mine are pimps. We can all rob a bank; we can all sell drugs. Being a pimp is a whole other thing"

Chris Rock, Comedian

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

Nancy Reagan, First Lady

"The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a real problem there, the crack stuff, the hopelessness of the junkie. The urban angst"

Jerry Garcia, Musician

"A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs"

Wentworth Miller, Actor

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