Quote by Milton Friedman
If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to en

If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and drug rehabilitation, in an atmosphere of compassion not punishment, the reduction in drug usage and in the harm done to users could be dramatic. – Milton Friedman

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Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government. – Milton Friedman

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I once tried to snort Coke but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose. – Johnny Yune, James Orr, and Ross Jeffries, They Still Call Me Bruce, 1987

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It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously. – Jean Cocteau

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Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I will lift up mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one. It is an age of pills. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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