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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The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didnt construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didnt revolutionize the automobile industry that way. – Milton Friedman

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If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years thered be a shortage of sand. – Milton Friedman

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The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people. – Milton Friedman

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Avoid all needle drugs – the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. – Abbie Hoffman

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The last time somebody said, I find I can write much better with a word processor., I replied, They used to say the same thing about drugs. – Roy Blount, Jr.

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One pill, two pill, three pill, four,
five pill, six pill, seven pill, floor. – Anon.

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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, youre out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, youre crazy. It can fix you so you cant play nothing or sing nothing. – Billie Holiday

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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. – Harold MacMillan

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I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen. – Kristen Stewart

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Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to another; now most women sell themselves though they have no intention of delivering the goods listed in the bill of sale. – Robert Graves

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Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction. – Guy Verhofstadt

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