Thou hast the keys of Paradise...

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!

~Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Part II~

Reality is a crutch for people...

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

~Lily Tomlin~

Pharmaceutical companies will ...

Pharmaceutical companies will soon rule the world if we keep letting them believe we are a happy, functional society so long as all the women are on Prozac, all children on Ritalin, and all men on Viagra.

~Terri Guillemets~

He does not need opium. ...

He does not need opium.  He has the gift of reverie.

~Anais Nin~

Half the modern drugs could we...

Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window except that the birds might eat them.

~Martin H. Fischer, Fischerisms~

It is easy to get a thousand p...

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

~Chinese Proverb~

It is difficult to live withou...

It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously.  And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.

~Jean Cocteau~

In the 1960s, people took acid...

In the 1960s, people took acid to make the world weird.  Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

~Author Unknown~

If God dropped acid, would he ...

If God dropped acid, would he see people?

~Steven Wright~

If addiction is judged by how ...

If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine.

~Rob Stampfli~

I've never had a problem with ...

I've never had a problem with drugs.  I've had problems with the police.

~Keith Richards~

I'm in favor of it as long as ...

I'm in favor of it as long as it's multiple choice.

~Kurt Rambis, on drug testing~

I will lift up mine eyes unto ...

I will lift up mine eyes unto the pills.  Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one.  It is an age of pills.

~Malcolm Muggeridge~

I will lift mine eyes unto the...

I will lift mine eyes unto the pills.  Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one.  It is an age of pills.

~Malcolm Muggeridge, 1962~

I tried sniffing Coke once, bu...

I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose.

~Author Unknown~

I don't know. I never sm...

I don't know.  I never smoked AstroTurf.

~Tug McGraw, when asked if he preferred grass or artificial turf, 1974, BQ~

I don't do drugs. I am d...

I don't do drugs.  I am drugs.

~Salvador Dali~

God made pot. Man made b...

God made pot.  Man made beer.  Who do you trust?

~Graffiti~

Drugs may be the road to nowhe...

Drugs may be the road to nowhere, but at least they're the scenic route.

~Author Unknown~

Drugs have taught an entire ge...

Drugs have taught an entire generation of American kids the metric system.

~P.J. O'Rourke~