Joseph Califano Quotations

The fact that so many dads are AWOL (absent) in their teens' lives increases the teens' risk of substance abuse,

Women have come a long way over the past 20 years, but in substance abuse and addiction, women have come the wrong way.

Underage and pathological drinkers are the alcohol industry's most valuable customers. It is reckless for our society to rely on an industry with such an enormous interest in alcohol consumption by children, teens, alcoholics and alcohol abusers to curb such drinking.

For a woman, a drink is like two drinks are for a man, so a woman gets intoxicated more rapidly.

It is time for each of us to stop looking out the window and start looking in the mirror.

The issue was, was he going to be decisive? What was he going to do?