Drugs Quotes

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

Hiya, kids. Here's an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star and they give you them for free.

— What are you, stoned?
— Generally, yeah.
— What happened to you?
— Life.

No, this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Reality itself is too twisted.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Reality

City

First, it's a Saturday-night thing, and you feel cool, like a gangster or a rock star. It's just something to kill the boredom, you know? They call it a chippie, a small habit. It feels so good, you start doing it on Tuesdays, then Thursdays. Then it's got you. Every wise-ass punk on the block says it won't happen to them, but it does.

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The Basketball Diaries

Jim Carroll

Addiction

— You're out on the town. Yeah, you're partying hearty. You're knocking boots with the chicky babes. Oh, who's this? It's the tax man. And he's looking at you. Now, what does he see? He sees a young fellow with a big fancy house... unlimited cash supply and no job. Now, what is the conclusion the tax man makes?
— I'm a drug dealer.
— Wrong. Million times worse. You're a tax cheat.

A drug person can learn to handle such things as seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to deal with this trip.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Raoul Duke

Hallucinations

— Son, have you used drugs in the last 48 hours?
— Oh, no, sir. Never use drugs.
— Because this shot you're about to get could kill you — if mixed with narcotics.
— Oh, drugs. Yes, sir, all the time.

You can turn your back on a person, but, never turn your back on a drug. Especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eye.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

I went in with a bachelor of marijuana... came out with a doctorate of cocaine.

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Blow

George Jung

And you want to stop. You really do. But it's like a dream. You can't stop dreams. They move in crazy pieces, any way they want to, and suddenly, you're capable of anything.

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