Ethan Nadelmann Quotes

• We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs.

  Ethan Nadelmann

  War, Believe, Kids

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

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• If the principal smokers of cocaine were affluent older white men and the principal consumers of Viagra were poor young black men, then...selling Viagra would get you five to 10 years behind bars.

  Ethan Nadelmann

  Men, White Man, Land

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

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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

  Marijuana, Opportunity, Media

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• 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

  Thinking, Government, Today

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

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• I'm not fighting for the Marlboro-ization of marijuana.

  Ethan Nadelmann

  Fighting, Marijuana

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