„Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.“

„Trying to separate cigarettes and alcohol, that's against God's will!“

—  Ed Byrne Irish comedian 1972

Pedantic & Whimsical (2006)

„Our teenage “druggies” are habituated to drugs rather than addicted. While beer and other alcoholic beverages are preferred drugs, kids have simply not used alcohol long enough to become addicted. The other drug of preference – marijuana – is not addictive.“

—  Virgil Miller Newton American priest 1938

Miller Newton (1981). ‘’Gone Way Down: Teenage Drug-Use is a Disease,’’ American Studies Press, Tampa, FL, pg 30.
On Teenage Drug Use

„The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society harms not only himself, but everyone.“

—  Ludwig von Mises, книга Liberalism

Источник: Liberalism

„I thought Alchemists avoided alcohol the same way they do primary colors.“

—  Richelle Mead, Bloodlines

Источник: Bloodlines

„Sending Robert Downey, Jr. to prison for drug use makes no more sense than locking up Betty Ford for using alcohol. Now if it's Darryl Strawberry and he uses drugs while driving, that's a different matter; he should do time.“

—  James P. Gray American judge 1945

As quote in Coast Magazine, Jim Wood, “Interview—Judge James P. Gray—The Newport Beach resident talks about America's War on Drugs” (June 2001) Vol.10 No. 7

„I never swore as a kid. Honestly. Never. I never smoked a cigarette and I never tasted alcohol until I got to Bible College.“

—  Phil Vischer American puppeter 1966

Источник: Me, Myself, & Bob (2006), p. 11

„That’s what I do: I make coffee and occasionally succumb to suicidal nihilism. But you shouldn’t worry — poetry is still first. Cigarettes and alcohol follow“

—  Anne Sexton poet from the United States 1928 - 1974

„I'm not going to say she hasn't tried alcohol and drugs. She's gone through everything every other teenager does.“

—  Priscilla Presley actress and businesswoman from the United States and former wife of Elvis Presley 1945

On Lisa Marie Presley, The high cost of free love, p. 116, 1989.

„nowiki>[Michael Jackson] was adamantly against drugs and alcohol, he was extremely straight-laced; I couldn’t even swear around him. Being with Michael brought me back to my innocence.“

—  Corey Feldman American actor 1971

From his memoir Coreyography, (2013); as quoted in "10 Tidbits From Corey Feldman’s Memoir, From ‘Fun’ to ‘Sad’" http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/10-stories-from-corey-feldman-memoir-coreyography.html, by Jen Chaney, Vulture, October 28, 2013.

„Straight edge means I'm drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.“

—  Phil Brooks American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist 1978

Catchphrases
Источник: Straight Edge significa che sono libero da droghe, libero dall'alcol e migliore di voi]

„I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.“

—  Hunter S. Thompson American journalist and author 1937 - 2005

„An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it.“

—  David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

Источник: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

„Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use.“

—  Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924

Message to Congress (2 August 1977)
Presidency (1977–1981), 1977

„Many medical and legal professionals believe that in many ways marijuana is actually less harmful than my drug of choice, alcohol. So if adults choose to use marijuana instead of alcohol, the governments, as a matter of freedom and liberty, should not be able to prohibit them from doing so.“

—  James P. Gray American judge 1945

“Regulate marijuana like wine,” April 10, 2011, 2012, Gray’s campaign website, http://www.judgejimgray.com/grayarticles2.php

„The most widely used 'illegal' drug is marijuana, yet, by every measure, it is much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. In my 30 adult years, this gross injustice has turned me very cynical toward the government.“

—  James P. Gray American judge 1945

“Transcript of Judge James P. Gray's Visit to the Drug Policy Forum,” The New York Times, (June 14, 2001) https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/14/national/transcript-of-judge-james-p-grays-visit-to-the-drug-policy-forum.html

„If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine
off the market for six days, they'd have to bring out the
tanks to control you.“

—  Dick Gregory American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur 1932 - 2017

„It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom.“

—  Bill Hicks American comedian 1961 - 1994

„There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.“

—  F. H. Bradley British philosopher 1846 - 1924

No. 20.
Aphorisms (1930)

„A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized“

—  Fred Allen comedian 1894 - 1956

Treadmill to Oblivion.