Political Quotes

“What we have seen when somebody gets a buy of cocaine or heroin to be able to inject, they really do not care. They need that narcotic. They do not care whether they are going to go out and be able to buy a needle or trade a needle or steal a needle. They are going to get a needle to get their fix, and that is the consequences. So when we really get back to what we are talking about in the use of drugs, I think the first premise is we should not be handing out a utensil or tool to allow people to break a law. That is pretty simple. The second issue is commitment. If we are talking about trying to show that we are going to reduce demand in this country on drug use, and we are going to try and also persuade countries south of our border to stop and try to reduce the supply, we have to be honest and genuine about trying to stop demand. I think it certainly is a wrong message to say that, oh, by the way, we are going to try to stop demand in our country, but here we are handing out free needles to drug users. What happens when you hand out free needles to drug users, the incidence of drug use goes up.”