Ethan Nadelmann quotes

“The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.”
-- Ethan Nadelmann

Source : "Legalization Debate Takes Off in Latin America" By Ethan Nadelmann, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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“If the principal smokers of cocaine were affluent older white men and the principal users of Viagra were young black men, using Viagra would land you time behind bars.”
-- Ethan Nadelmann

Source : "Why we need to end the War on Drugs". TED Talk, www.ted.com. October 2014.

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“I'm not fighting for the Marlboro-ization of marijuana.”
-- Ethan Nadelmann

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“Nobody tells the history of ***** and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging way. That’s why I turned to Russ when I needed someone to present on the subject to the annual staff retreat of the Drug Policy Alliance. And it’s why I repeatedly recommend him for speaking and media opportunities. He’s good!”
-- Ethan Nadelmann

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“We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs.”
-- Ethan Nadelmann

Source : "Reformer Profile: Ethan Nadelmann" by Steve Beitler, stopthedrugwar.org. August 10, 2001.

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“Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging way. That’s why I turned to Russ when I needed someone to present on the subject to the annual staff retreat of the Drug Policy Alliance. And it’s why I repeatedly recommend him for speaking and media opportunities. He’s good!”
-- Ethan Nadelmann

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“Goodbye, my almost lover. Goodbye, my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance, my back is turned on you. Should've known you'd bring me heartache. Almost lovers always do.”

Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007

“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”

“I've never needed government to hold my hand.”

Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011

“Thats a wonderful change thats taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.”

“Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.”

“You know what shows today are missing? Stars.”

“Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

“It is hard for many people today to make the distinction between religion and religiosity, the latter a dangerous parody of the former.”

“If you get to a point where something happens today to stress you out, take a breath & center your thoughts on peace. Ignored thoughts die.”