"In this society, as far as the legitimate economy goes, only a certain amount of people are productive. The ones who are not productive, you have to do something with them. You could be and educate them and take care of them and make them part of your economy, or you could say "Go get high."
The addiction rate is increasing-not only in the inner city, but all over the country- because jobs are disappearing, and if I don't need you to work anymore, I'll just get rid of you.
I can't kill you, that would be bad, so I send you down the road of addiction, which is hideous, and I'm quite content to say "It's your fault because you got addicted, not society's fault"
And that's the interesting thing- why don't we do something about drugs? The wars been going on for 30 years and they haven't begun to do anything about it. If drugs went away, law enforcement, as it's structured today, would take a terrible hit."
-Ed Burns


 Yet another brilliant quote from a brilliant dude. America will do anything but take a long hard look at its problems. I see this mirrored in my own life, and in the cultures I choose to participate in.