Famous Quotes & Sayings

William S. Burroughs

I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness... When I speak of drug addiction I do not refer to keif, marijuana or any preparation of hashish, mescaline, Banisteriopsis caapi, LSD6, Sacred Mushrooms or any other drugs of the hallucinogen group... There is no evidence that the use of any hallucinogen results in physical dependence.

William S. Burroughs

For instance, they [The Federal Narcotics Bureau ] give out that marijuana is a harmful and habit-forming drug, and it simply isn't. They claim that you can get addicted to opiates with one shot, and you can't. They over-estimate the physical bad effects, and so forth.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn't consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws, the application of which resulted, in 1995, in the arrest of 588,963 Americans. Why are we so afraid to inform ourselves on the question?

Sanjay Gupta

I am not backing down on medical marijuana; I am doubling down.

Sanjay Gupta

[Marijuana] doesn't have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. In fact, sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works... [I]t is irresponsible not to provide the best care we can as a medical community, care that could involve marijuana. We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.

Roseanne Barr

Legalize hemp and allow women to grow it and make food, clothing and housing for pennies from it and legalize marijuana too. Let women integrate their divided consciousness with a natural herb instead of doctors' pills that kill the liver.

Ronald Reagan

Marijuana is probably the most dangerous drug in America today.

Ziggy Marley

I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.

Ronald Reagan

Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana.

David Barron

he said. ''He significantly narrowed the scope of constitutional protection. It's an unfortunate turn in constitutional law.

Travis Xiong

It is a lot more complicated than it seems. Back in Laos, there is no law on when one can marry. Only reasonable ages.

Tom Angell

We've been trying to repeal this law ever since it was passed in 1998.

Carolyn Brown

I think the ACLU may be able to support the law here in Kansas. It is being written in a way that does not take away the right to assemble.

Jason Young

Law of averages. We've played pretty well in some of them and had some not go our way.

Rev Musyimi

Law enforcement officers were also seen to be wanting by the public.

Larry Long

Law enforcement is doing everything it can to keep track of these people. It's a very important safety issue.

John Goodwin

Law enforcement authorities have been after him for a long time.

Thomas Marten

I think they legitimately wonder. I mean, two of the top law enforcement officers in the state have differing views on what is reportable.

Richard K. Morgan

If they asked how I died tell them: Still angry.

Willie Nelson

I still probably smoke as much as I ever did!

Henry Rollins

Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.

Nick McDonell

I'm an inexperienced reporter, and I'm still learning.

Marvin Hamlisch

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

Mary Pope Osborne

Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

Eamon

When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me.

Brian J. White

I was a surrogate for Obama; I helped fundraise. I'm still a supporter.

Jason Alexander

I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee.