“I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug
And die slow”
Laura Nyro (1947–1997) American musician and songwriter
"Been On A Train"
Lyrics
"God Bless America — Shoot Nixon", on the spoken word album Wake Up America! (1970).
Context: All you kiddies remember to lay off the needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
“I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug
And die slow”
Laura Nyro (1947–1997) American musician and songwriter
"Been On A Train"
Lyrics
Dick Gregory (1932–2017) American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur
“I can't remember what my line on drugs is. What's my line on drugs?”
Boris Johnson (1964) British politician, historian and journalist
"The Genelection Game", Sunday Mirror, 24 April 2005, p. 19.
During the campaign trail of the 2005 general election.
2000s, 2005
Michael Greger (1972) American physician, author, and vegan health activist
Interview in the documentary-film What the Health by Kip Andersen (2017).
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass