
High Price
A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
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J.D. Jackson
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Carl Hart
A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction.
As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist - Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences - whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.
In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing.
Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy - a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time.
A powerful story of hope and change, of a scientist who has dedicated his life to helping others, High Price will alter the way we think about poverty, race, and addiction - and how we can effect change.
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Does what it says it does
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An objective look at drugs and drug policy
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A profound research and understanding
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great information and story
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Amazing book and author
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Drug use is not criminal
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Great Story but I wished there was more science
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A must read.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I recommend this to everyone. We all have opinions but unfortunately they're often based on misunderstandings or misinformation. This book is a revelation and values science & evidence based approach while taking into account a 'context' and framing of issues surrounding 'drugs' and the 'war on drugs'. Lots of food for thought here. Plus the narrator is excellent. His voice is so compelling, I bothered to look him us to eventually listen to other books he's narrated.What was one of the most memorable moments of High Price?
Learning the discrepancy and unjust sentencing that occurs with crack vs cocaine given there's no chemical difference in addictive potential of both substances. But of course, who does it affect most? This book was a wake up call for me to another kind of injustice we often forget.Which scene was your favorite?
Dr. Carl Hart's story is honest and revealing. I wish policy makers were open minded to take the issues raised here seriously into account.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It wasn't that kind of book so much for me, but I found some of the scenes compelling, where you realize just how crazy situations can get sometimes, and how being at the wrong place at the wrong time can be horribly life-altering. Other parts made me wish I had such mentors as he had.Any additional comments?
This is an important book that many of us who pretend or think we know anything about drugs, policy, or addiction should read. Get the low-down from a scientist who comes from a background with a particularly clear perspective to shed light on the nuances of this country's so called "war on drugs".I loved this read/listen. I learned so much.
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Great for understanding Drug misconceptions
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