Carl Hart – Drug Use for Grown-ups

Could the harm that results from recreational drug use and abuse be mostly caused by their criminalisation and demonisation rather than their physical effects?

When used responsibly, can drugs can enrich and enhance our lives?

These radical arguments are raised by Professor Carl Hart in his new book Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear.

He asks us to question how much of our reaction to illicit drug use is based in the pharmacological facts versus social coding and moral judgement.

Carl Hart is the Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University and a world expert on neuropsychopharmacology and behavioral neuroscience.

Dr Hart is open about the fact that he uses drugs himself, including heroin.

Carl Hart – Drug Use for Grown-ups
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