Sam Branson Quotes

#1. [As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not work.

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#2. My measure of success is to walk into a restaurant and hear a table debating drug policy. Once the public start the conversation, the politicians will join - that is when we can create real change.

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#3. Research states that we have a two-week window to act after being inspired by an experience, before the brain is compelled to move on. I have always thought [that while some] documentaries I have seen have educated me, [they] have failed to engage and drive me to act in support of the message.

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#4. Even the best documentaries reach tens of thousands in their cinematic window. I believe that by launching online, we could potentially reach millions.

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#5. I have a vision of a world where we don't continue down senseless paths, where we care for our fellow human as much as we care for ourselves. I believe the mere striving for such a world is in itself a part of the liberation, and a foundation for inner and global security.

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#6. Whether through TV, film, online, app, or web, we will find ways to tell our stories with authenticity, and engage with our viewers beyond traditional means.

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#7. If you have a drug problem, you should be sent to a doctor, not a jail cell.

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#8. Incarceration has become a business. It is in the interest of the police and the prisons to keep locking people up.

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#9. How do you create a film that can reach millions of people and engage them in the subject? You have to take risks and try something new.

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#10. Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on the destruction of whole societies.

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#11. Through social media, we can start a global conversation. This creates an army of advocates - the power really is in the hands of the viewers.

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