Obviously you know nothing about addictions.
Against my better judgment, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are interested in having an actual discussion. I'm running on four hours sleep, so please bare with me. My impression of that quote (although you admittedly didn't give any context, so who knows) is that Sanders was probably arguing that we should de-criminalize drug use when he said that. If this is the case, then it is indeed a horrible quote.
Just to be clear, I definitely think the whole "mass incarceration solves all" mentality that many in the U.S. seem to have is horrible and that the Reagan and Clinton administrations' subservience to the country's prison industrial complex and willingness to dabble in law-and-order style race-baiting (Bush Sr was also guilty of this) led to some inexcusably awful laws that continue to plague the American criminal justice system (privatized prisons are arguably a culmination of this). I also think some drugs should be de-criminalized (or in the case of marijuana legalized and taxed/regulated). I am fine with putting greater emphasis on treatment as well.
That all being said, things like heroin, meth, cocaine, date rape drugs, etc should not be de-criminalized. Even ignoring all of the health risks, using them (and certain other drugs) can often make a person a very real danger to others and/or they can be used to hurt others. It's not a victimless crime. Using certain illegal drugs (including almost all hard drugs) should be a crime with serious penalties. Plus, whether you like our drug laws or not, they are the law of the land and you can't just ignore that because you want to get high.
TL;DR: Not to sound like smoltchanov/wulfric, but both sides really need to stop over-simplifying this issue.
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