{"quotes":[{"text":"I've been all over the place in all kinds of living situations. Due to the fact that my mind is my own worst enemy. In a way I am perpetually and permanently in a state of rehabilitation m in an attempt to rehabilitate from the shock of being born.Some people are too sensitive to withstand that.","author":"Heather O'Neill","tags":["canada","drug-addiction","drugs","hobo","homeless","jean-michel","life","montréal","pg-81","street"],"id":1581,"author_id":"Heather+O%27Neill"},{"text":"The lack of culpability of the perpetrator and his or her transference of blame onto alcohol or other substances only perpetuates the violent behaviors.","author":"Asa Don Brown","tags":["addict","addiction","addictive-behavior","alcohol","asa-don-brown","domestic-violence","drugs","substances","the-sober-world-magazine"],"id":3387,"author_id":"Asa+Don+Brown"},{"text":"Some, they didn't make it.The temptation just too strong.How can darkness cloud the mindTo what I know as wrong?","author":"Kimberly Nalen","tags":["addict","addiction","drug-addiction","drugs","poetry"],"id":4169,"author_id":"Kimberly+Nalen"},{"text":"Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?","author":"S.A. Tawks","tags":["adventure","bali","crime","drugs","indonesia","travel"],"id":5402,"author_id":"S.A.+Tawks"},{"text":"Health is Wealth.","author":"Ronnie Plant","tags":["drugs","health","medicine"],"id":7150,"author_id":"Ronnie+Plant"},{"text":"Anxiety's already tingling my skin.","author":"S.A. Tawks","tags":["adventure","bali","crime","drugs","indonesia","travel"],"id":7532,"author_id":"S.A.+Tawks"},{"text":"Instead of being a gift that separates us from the animals, free will has become my gaoler. Junkies are the ultimate outsider, not only are we outside of society: we are outside of nature. I spit, turn, and wander towards the beach. Heroin gave me wings but took away the sky.","author":"Drew Gates","tags":["addiction","drugs","heroin"],"id":10996,"author_id":"Drew+Gates"},{"text":"I don't know if you realize this, but there are some researchers - doctors - who are giving this kind of drug to volunteers, to see what the effects are, and they're doing it the proper scientific way, in clean white hospital rooms, away from trees and flowers and the wind, and they're surprised at how many of the experiments turn sour. They've never taken any sort of psychedelic themselves, needless to say. Their volunteers - they're called 'subjects,' of course - are given mescaline or LSD and they're all opened up to their surroundings, very sensitive to color and light and other people's emotions, and what are they given to react to? Metal bed-frames and plaster walls, and an occasional white coat carrying a clipboard. Sterility. Most of them say afterward that they'll never do it again.","author":"Alexander Shulgin","tags":["drugs","lsd","research","shulgin"],"id":12307,"author_id":"Alexander+Shulgin"},{"text":"Drugs are a bet with your mind.","author":"Jim Morrison","tags":["drugs"],"id":12690,"author_id":"Jim+Morrison"},{"text":"Drugs, hard. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the law was changed in the United Kingdom to ensure that the production and supply of dangerous drugs should henceforth be in the hands of criminal organisations. Some people have argued that this is not an ideal arrangement.","author":"William Donaldson","tags":["drugs"],"id":14386,"author_id":"William+Donaldson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":591,"pages":60,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}