Drugs Destroy Lives Quotes

No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest. ~ James Bovard

...when President Clinton, on the anniversary of his election, spoke in the church in Tennessee where Martin Luther King, Jr., had delivered his last sermon. Inspired by the place and the occasion, he made one of the most eloquent speeches of his presidency. What would King have said, he asked, had he lived to see this day?

"He would say, I did not live and die to see the American family destroyed. I did not live and die to see thirteen-year-old boys get automatic weapons and gun down nine-year-olds just for the kick of it. I did not live and die to see young people destroy their lives with drugs and then build fortunes destroying the lives of others. This is not what I came here to do.

I fought for freedom, he would say, but not for the freedom of people to kill each other with reckless abandon; not for the freedom of children to have children and the fathers of the children walk away from them and abandon them as if they don't amount to anything. I fought for people to have the right to work, but not have whole communities and people abandoned. This is not what I lived and died for."

After describing what his administration was doing to curb drugs and violence, the President concluded that the government alone could not do the job. The problem was caused by "the breakdown of the family, the community and the disappearance of jobs," and unless we "reach deep inside to the values, the spirit, the soul and the truth of human nature, none of the ~ Gertrude Himmelfarb

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem. ~ Kurt Cobain

Just look at us. Everything is backwards, everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, psychiatrists destroy minds, scientists destroy truth, major media destroys information, religions destroy spirituality and governments destroy freedom. ~ Michael Ellner

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

And since no one any longer responds to things spontaneously-you take drugs to study, drugs to love, drugs to rise up in revolt, drugs to forget-the distinction between manipulated and natural feelings has ceased to exist. ~ Stanislaw Lem

I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives. ~ Carine Roitfeld

Prohibition kills, education saves lives ~ Dominic Milton Trott

Chronotropic Drugs:
Drugs engineered to affect one's sense of time. Chronodecelocotropic drugs have no short term effect but over time give one the impression that time feels longer. Chronoaccelocotropic drugs have the opposite effect. ~ Douglas Coupland

We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy. ~ Chris Hedges

There were, in his opinion, drugs that diminished ego and drugs that engorged ego, which is to say, revelatory drugs and delusory drugs; and on a psychic level, at least, he favored awe over swagger. ~ Tom Robbins

Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives. ~ Dave Reichert

It's an incontrovertible fact that many--more than half of all children--will try [drugs]. For some of those, drugs will have no major negative impact on their lives. For others, however, the outcome will be catastrophic. ~ David Sheff

I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn't interested in the people around the drugs. ~ Ruben Blades

Drugs are horrible; I say no to drugs. I've never done drugs in my life. ~ Vince Staples

The knowledge that God lives in us will destroy all the limitations in the mind of those who have the name of Christ, but yet are weak ~ Sunday Adelaja

There is always that one person in our lives who we deeply love, and that person can also destroy us. ~ Ranbir Kapoor

Also, people who did drugs were boring. Hopelessly, relentlessly boring. Drugs made them either too slow or too fast, and mostly they talked about drugs. ~ Cassandra Clare

Drugs?"
"Rituals. Are you messing around with drugs?"
"No. But maybe rituals."
"Drugs might be better. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

Drugs, hard. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the law was changed in the United Kingdom to ensure that the production and supply of dangerous drugs should henceforth be in the hands of criminal organisations. Some people have argued that this is not an ideal arrangement. ~ William Donaldson

We're allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us ~ Paulo Coelho

Don't do drugs because if you do drugs you'll go to prison, and drugs are really expensive in prison. ~ John Hardwick

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. ~ Jim Rohn

FACT 450: Ecstasy is often used in conjunction with other drugs such as marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, ketamine, and other drugs, making it even more dangerous.

Drugs: they're not a salad bar. ~ Cary McNeal

The war on drugs thrives on ignorance of drugs and misplaced faith in the power of the law to regulate human vice. ~ Tom Feiling

We can't spend our lives constantly starting over. A generation goes by, they destroy us. We start over, ad they destroy us again. Is that our fate? ~ Armando Lucas Correa

Hip-hop culture is deeply rooted in the wrong things. Hip-hop is about drugs right now. It's more so about drugs - about selling drugs, about using drugs - it's bad for kids. ~ Vince Staples

Why are drugs so profitable? Essentially, many argue, it's because they are illegal. By making drugs a criminal enterprise, it creates an enormous black market economy where drugs fetch far greater prices than they would if legal. ~ James Morcan

It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter. ~ Otto Schily

Drugs rob every person, man, woman, and child of their beauty. Drugs turn people into animals who can only respond to instincts. Drugs are so powerful they eradicate the God in both the taker and the giver. ~ Sister Souljah

Pharmaceutical and recreational drugs. Commonly prescribed antidepressants, muscle relaxants, pain killers and anti-anxiety and anti-inflammatory drugs can deaden the body's ability to communicate with itself. Recreational drugs such as alcohol and marijuana have a similar effect. In addition to medicinal effects, these drugs and others provide a chemical means to avoid and inhibit feelings, sensation ~ Jonathan Tripodi

The War on Drugs and the War on Homelessness are on a collision course that no one in the media or in public life are willing to acknowledge. Ostensibly aimed at decreasing the use of illegal drugs, the War on Drugs succeeds only in increasing homelessness. ~ Thomas Szasz

Marijuana should be legalized. All drugs should be legalized. I'm tired of all the best party people being caged. ~ Thor Benson

A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives. ~ Vicky McClure

Behold the word: Destroy, destroy, destroy. Destroy within yourself; destroy what surrounds you. Make space for your soul and for all other souls.

Destroy all good and all evil. Their ruins are the same.

Destroy the old dwellings of man and old the dwellings of the soul; what is dead is a distorting mirror.

Destroy, for all creation comes from destruction.

And for higher benevolence you must annihilate lower benevolence. And thus new good appears saturated with evil. ~ Marcel Schwob

There's only two types of people who are against drugs: the people who have never done drugs and the people who really sucked at doing drugs. ~ Doug Stanhope

People have been trying to destroy fear, trying to destroy anger, trying to destroy sexuality, trying to destroy greed, this and that. The whole world has been working to destroy your energies, and what is the result? Man has become a mess. Nothing is destroyed, all is still there; only things have become confused. There is no need to destroy anything because nothing can be destroyed in the first place. ~ Osho

I wouldn't destroy an entire house to destroy one man. But I would destroy a man to destroy a house. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

People who foster dependence on illicit drugs such as heroin are regarded among the most unscrupulous pariahs of modern civilisation. In contrast, pushers of licit drugs tend to be viewed as altruistically motivated purveyors of social good. ~ John Braithwaite

For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That's what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I've never had a problem. ~ Patti Smith

Instead of using drugs to create system friendly humans, perhaps we should be creating human friendly systems that do not require people to take drugs to function. ~ Merlyn Gabriel Miller

Taking drugs is stupid. Why mess up your brain like that? ~ Miranda Kenneally

Who needs drugs when you have Takeshi's Castle? ~ Craig Charles

Drugs suck more than anything else I have ever liked so much. ~ Ashly Lorenzana

Drugs don't really fix anything, except for everything. ~ Ashly Lorenzana

The first casualty of war is truth, and the war on drugs is no different ~ Dominic Milton Trott

People are stubborn and stupid. They're irrational. they're destructive. that's the point, isn't it? That's the whole reason for the cure. People will no longer destroy their own lives. They won't be capable of it. ~ Lauren Oliver

We live in a drug culture! Drugs are everywhere and touted as the panacea for every ailment in our society. We have drugs for hyper children, drugs for depression - some of the most insidious drugs ever - , drugs for allergies, drugs for acne, drugs for emphysema and drugs for erectile disfunction - maybe the most useful of them all. And let's not forget the side effects of these wonder drugs! It's cliche to even talk about drug advertisements and the laundry list of side effects tacked onto the end of them, usually rattled off at warp speed by someone on loan from the local auction house. I've seen ads for acne medicines that include side effects that are potentially fatal! Seriously? "Hey! Buy our Acne-Magic Drug! You'll have crystal clear skin! In your coffin!" What the hell is wrong with us? ~ Steve Bivans

Drugs are a bet with your mind. ~ Jim Morrison

I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone because it'll ruin my image. ~ Courtney Love

She didnt see the point of alcohol, or drugs. People had little enough control over their lives without losing more. ~ Kate Atkinson

Drugs and oils work in opposite ways. Drugs toxify. Oils detoxify. Drugs clog and confuse receptor sites. Oils clean receptor sites. Drugs depress the immune system. Oils strengthen the immune system. Antibiotics attack bacteria indiscriminately, killing both the good and the bad. Oils attack only the harmful bacteria, allowing our body's friendly flora to flourish." David Stewart, Ph.D., R.A., The Chemistry of Essential Oils, 2005 ~ Jen O'Sullivan

Doctors are directly responsible for hooking millions of people on prescription drugs. They are also indirectly responsible for the plight of millions more who turn to illegal drugs because they were taught at an early age that drugs can cure anything - including psychological and emotional conditions - that ails them. ~ Robert S. Mendelsohn

I believe that the most dangerous drugs that there are right now are the drugs that are legal - Over-the-counter medication. I think the entire healthcare system promotes the use of these drugs. ~ Slaine

I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs. ~ Jerry Garcia

If you talk to little kids about drugs, they tell you that drugs make you feel weird and act crazy and hang around with strange people. Getting sober and running long distances has been deeply bizarre, weirder than any drug or combination of drugs I've tried. I do things now that my friends find crazier than doing drugs I've found on the floor or sleeping in the street. ~ Mishka Shubaly

Today about 95% of the prescription drugs sold are Maintenance drugs-drugs that treat only the symptoms of a disease, and that you are expected to take for the rest of your life. ~ Paul Zane Pilzer

We are losing the 'War on Drugs,' which means there's a war going on and people on drugs are winning it. ~ Bill Hicks

Us on hard drugs? That would be horrible. We'd probably end up sounding like Bryan Adams.My girlfriend has this quote in her sketchbook: Remain orderly in your life so you can be free and chaotic in your work. I think basically you lose it when you destroy your brain or destroy yourself emotionally or burn yourself up. ~ Thom Yorke

I opened the doors to Hell and walked in gleefully. ~ Liz Thebart

President Reagan officially announced his administration's War on Drugs. At the time...less than 2 percent of the American public viewed drugs as the most important issue facing the nation. This fact was no deterrent to Reagan, for the drug war from the outset had little to do with public concern about drugs and much to do with public concern about race. ~ Michelle Alexander

One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage. ~ Sun Tzu

The Mind is everything. Do drugs. But just don't have drugs. ~ Doug Stanhope

I use drugs to work. I never use them to escape or for pleasure. When you turn to drugs, all you're doing is turning inside, anyway. I only use drugs for construction. It's like one of my architectural tools. ~ Patti Smith

The devil is a professional in destroying lives, but the problem is that people themselves allow him to destroy their lives ~ Sunday Adelaja

Please note, I am not suggesting that illicit drugs are required to break down social barriers. ~ Thomas C. Foster

Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character. ~ James Joyce

We have dedicated our lives, our blood, to the freedom and liberation of our people, and nothing, no force can stop us from achieving our goal. If it is necessary to destroy the United States of America, then let us destroy it with a smile on our faces. ~ Eldridge Cleaver

The government are tightening up on ID for sales of tobacco and alcohol so I recommend that young people take more drugs. ~ Robert Clark

I can't destroy things so beautiful."
"Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something. ~ Neal Shusterman

Why take drugs specifically designed to send you insane? ~ Sebastian Faulks

The adversary's global attack on marriage is actually an attack on society itself, and ultimately an attack on God, the creator and manufacturer of society and marriage. The adversary knows that if he can destroy marriage he can destroy families; if he can destroy families he can destroy society; and if he can destroy society he can destroy humanity. ~ Myles Munroe

Drugs are a trap and give no real advancement. You could liken drugs to driving to the store for groceries and then saying you just exercised.

Yes you felt renewed or even enlightened, but then you have to go home again. ~ Jason Cain

Here's what no one tells you about sobriety. Giving up drugs is easy compared to dealing with the emotions drugs protected you from. ~ Christina Huffington

I don't need drugs. I am drugs. ~ Salvador Dali

A recent study shows that one hundred per cent of youngsters on hard drugs had at some time in their lives listened to so-called pop music ~ William Donaldson

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll ... take out the drugs and you've got more time for the other two. ~ Steven Tyler

There is no in between, we all have to touch our own bottom. ~ Liz Thebart

We poets have no need for drugs to attain the borderline between life and death. ~ Louis Malle

Drugs may know how to numb a brain, but the past never forgets to resurface. ~ Kris Kidd

Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs. ~ Leonardo DiCaprio

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs. ~ Lynda Barry

Now remember kids if anyone ever offers you drugs say 'Thank you' cause drugs are very expensive. ~ Daniel Tosh

My daughter, Carly, has been in and out of drug treatment facilities since she was thirteen. Every time she goes away, I have a routine: I go through her room and search for drugs she may have left behind. We have a laugh these days because Carly says, So you were lookingfor drugs I might have left behind? I'm a drug addict, Mother. We don't leave drugs behind, especially if we're going into treatment. We do all the drugs. We don't save drugs back for later. If I have drugs, I do them. All of them. If I had my way, we would stop for more drugs on the way to rehab, and I would do them in the parking lot of the treatment center. ~ Dina Kucera

Men destroy countries; Women destroy universes. ~ Fredrick

I loved when Bush came out and said, 'We are losing the war against drugs.'
You know what that implies? There's a war being fought, and the people on drugs are winning it. ~ Bill Hicks

The war on drugs is really the war on people who buy drugs from people who don't lobby the government. ~ Stefan Molyneux

This is THE most romantic thing that has ever happened to me, and it involves both drugs and a toilet. ~ Katie Heaney

Sometimes you do everything you can to destroy yourself, but surprisingly you get out of this situation by becoming even stronger! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Healthy people do not buy prescription drugs,therefore, big pharma does not produce drugs that actually cure anything. ~ J. Thomas Shaw

You young people, you who think you invented fun and drugs, fuck you ~ Chuck Palahniuk

Regarding drugs: just the existence of drugs seems troubling to me. ~ Tao Lin

Because I want to destroy beautiful things before they can destroy me. ~ Karina Halle

To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire. ~ Karl Marx

Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS. ~ Rick Scott

If you destroy the foundations of anything, the structure will collapse. If you want to destroy any building, you are guaranteed early success if you destroy the foundations. ~ Ken Ham

Why were our lives so fucking complicated? All I wanted to do was sell drugs, make love to my wife, and rule in peace. ~ J.J. McAvoy

The scars of lies in jest or earnest can destroy one's future even life. ~ Ehsan Sehgal

Drugs are the gateway drug ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

I never took drugs, because I am drugs ~ Salvador Dali