Joe Morton Quotes

We are never going to lick this problem of the drug traffic until we get the addicts off the streets of this country. They have got to be taken off the streets

Agitating the community and increasingly forcing itself upon our attention is the narcotic drug evil. I am convinced that part of the agitation on this subject is due to the sensationalism of certain types of newspapers and magazines. Lurid, sensational articles, intended to inflame the imagination of young people and to make the whole subject mysteriously and morbidly attractive, have led to the prevalence of a belief that the use of narcotic drugs is much more general than it really is.

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.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

If its not worth spending everything it takes, it's not a war [on drugs].

I've never done drugs. That's because I saw this stuff literally every day when I was 3 or 4 years old.

If drugs are bad, any respectable society should do something to deal with them.

And in fact, one of the central reasons why I never got involved with any drugs or anything is that I remember talking to people in maybe 1975 who saw Hendrix but couldn't remember it. I was like, 'How could that be?'

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.

If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.

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.

If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.

Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger.

Teen drug use went up dramatically in the 1990s.

Until we do something about demand, Latin America will never be able to solve the drug problem on its own.

We've been fighting this war on drugs for 60 or 70 years and haven't gotten anywhere yet.

If the public realized the dangers that we are facing [from drugs], they would be willing to put up with some inconvenience and accept the fact that we will enforce the laws and some persons may be innocently damaged .... I don't want anyone [innocent] hurt, but it may be part of the price we will have to pay.

We cannot conceive of a society that is worth building ... on the basis of a drug culture.

The song 'Assassins Of Youth'... 'Assassins of youths' is what they used to call drugs in the old days when they first started the anti-drug campaign. And it's kind of an anti-drug record.

The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that any kid can get almost any drug they want in any city in America within half an hour.

Under the leadership of President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justice is delivering results. Many federal, state, and local agencies are working with us to combat opioid addiction.

I've never been into artists promoting drugs.

We will eliminate the drug racket from Punjab.

Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.