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Neuroscientist Dr. Carl talks drug addiction, legalization, the opioid crisis, and more in a discussion about his new book “Drug Use for Grown-Ups”
The War on Drugs is a massive failure. As neuroscientist and Columbia University Professor Dr. Carl Hart writes in his latest book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, “the American taxpayer spends approximately $35 billion each year fighting this war, yet the drugs in question remain as plentiful, if not more so, than they were in 1981, when the sum total of America’s annual drug-control budget was a mere $1.5 billion.” The difference now, Hart describes, is that today, tens of thousands of people are dying from drug-related overdoses—with opioids being the “primary culprit.” But it’s not that simple, when the “opioid crisis” in particular is, in reality, “a crisis of data collection and reporting.” In this account, Hart digs below the surface to re-evaluate the American relationship to drugs, while shedding light on his own personal relationship to drugs, as well. Both captivating and controversial, we caught up with Dr. Hart to talk about drugs and parenting, policy, addiction, and more.
Read the full interview (highly recommended) at https://doubleblindmag.com/why-all-drugs-should-be-legal/?utm_campaign=2%2F2%20Editorial%20Email%20%28WhLd66%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=DoubleBlind%20Website%20Signups&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIldMenJSQyIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJob2NraW5nLnNlYW5AZ21haWwuY29tIn0%3D
