Chasing the Scream

Chasing the Scream

by

Johann Hari

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Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles Character Analysis

Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles are the English activists and drug policy experts who founded the Transform Drugs Policy Institute and helped president José Mujica design Uruguay’s legal marijuana system. They advocate legalization as “a drama reduction program” to reduce crime and violence, and they propose regulating drugs through the same systems that currently exist for alcohol, tobacco, and prescriptions.

Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles Quotes in Chasing the Scream

The Chasing the Scream quotes below are all either spoken by Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles or refer to Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Drug Legalization and U.S. Policy Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

This isn’t a vision in which we lose control of drugs, Danny and Steve argue—it’s a vision in which we gain control, at last. Legalization is the only way of introducing regulation to the drug market. If this were done, the people selling drugs wouldn’t be shooting each other, any more than your local neighborhood barkeeps send hit men to slaughter each other. The users would know what they were taking. And through taxation, we would have a huge new revenue stream to educate kids and invest in reducing the real causes of addiction.

Related Characters: Johann Hari (speaker), Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles
Page Number: 263
Explanation and Analysis:
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Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles Quotes in Chasing the Scream

The Chasing the Scream quotes below are all either spoken by Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles or refer to Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Drug Legalization and U.S. Policy Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

This isn’t a vision in which we lose control of drugs, Danny and Steve argue—it’s a vision in which we gain control, at last. Legalization is the only way of introducing regulation to the drug market. If this were done, the people selling drugs wouldn’t be shooting each other, any more than your local neighborhood barkeeps send hit men to slaughter each other. The users would know what they were taking. And through taxation, we would have a huge new revenue stream to educate kids and invest in reducing the real causes of addiction.

Related Characters: Johann Hari (speaker), Danny Kushlick and Steve Rolles
Page Number: 263
Explanation and Analysis: