carl hart. he is not only an author, but he is an associate professor of psychology at cornell university and a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse rate a board member of the college on problems of drug dependency. he has some 22 years of research in neuropsychopharmacology and dr. carl hart, it has been a real pleasure to learn about you. this is a large part autobiography as well as about drugs in society and race. thank you for coming on the show. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> that was "after words", booktv signature program in which others of latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists and public policy members and others familiar with their material. "after words" airs at 10:00 p.m. you can watch it online as well. click on the series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> next on booktv, professor anat admati sat down with booktv to discuss her book, "the bankers' new clothes: what's wrong with banking and what to do." it takes a look a

our guest today carl hart. his book "high price a narrow scientists journey at self discovery that challenges every thing you know about drugs and society." dr. heart is a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse and is also an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at columbia university. he is a board member of the college of problems and drug dependency and has conducted 22 years of research and pharmacology and the scions of drug addiction welcome to "after words." let me just say up front it is your personal story as well as the work or the result in science. but the heart and soul i would say and if i'm wrong i hope he will tell me i'm wrong is if you say you know what i think you estimate there are 20 plus million americans who do illegal drugs. >> the national government conducts a survey every year. 20 plus million americans use drugs on a regular basis. >> host: and then you also say that over the generations over time people have always used drugs. so birds fly and men get high

carl hart thank you. next. my take on the government's wars, and the irs scandal. sympto of the same john: our last guest said that kids tune out the government' message about drugs, because government laws credibility, for years they toldids, if you do drugs, you are going to die. they saw their friends tie drugs and they were oka they were skeptical, they should, like the oxiclean guy, it better be true or you will not listen next time. but government never goes out of business. it fails at nation building in vietnam but trying again in iraq, it wages war against hate, a war on drugs, it wages war against ctain foo goes to war against aost everything business. apple pays taxes but, as cartoonist, points out big government wants to take muc more, the politicians demand more of our money, saying we'll accomplish wonderful things with it. there has been so much fuss about eric holder, and just who in the irs targeted tea party groups. will they be fired? will be there a special prosecutor? my apologies to my closing, but i don't care. who is fired or punished. it is

carl hart thank you. next. my take on the government's wars, and the irs scandal. symptoms of t sam john: our last guest said that kids tune out the government's meage about drugs, because government laws credibility, for years they told kids, if you do drugs, you are going to die. they saw their friends tie drugs and they were okay, they were eptical, they should, like the oxiclean guy, it better be true or you will not listen next time. but government never goesut of business. it fails at nation building in vietnam but trying again in iraq, it wages a war against hate, a war on drugs, it wages war against certain food. goes toar against almost everything business. apple pays taxes but, as cartoonist, points out b governnt wants to take much more, the politicians demand more of our money, saying we'll accomplish wonderful things wh it. there has been so muchuss about ec holder,nd just who in the irs targeted tea party groups. will they be fired? will be there a special prosecutor? my apologies to my closing, but i don't care. who is fired or punished. it is not im

carl hart. he is not only an author, but he is an associate professor of psychology at cornell university and a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse rate a board member of the college on problems of drug dependency. he has some 22 years of research in neuropsychopharmacology and dr. carl hart, it has been a real pleasure to learn about you. this is a large part autobiography as well as about drugs in society and race. thank you for coming on the show. >> guest: thank you for having

carl hart, his book "high price: a neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society." dr. hart is a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse. he's also an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at columbia university. he's a board member of the college on problems of drug dependency, and has conducted 22 years of research and neuropsychopharmacology, and the science of drug addiction.

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for a closer look at the real impact of drugs on our society, i'm joined by carl hart, associate professorniversity and the author of high price, a neuroscientists journey of self-discovery, everything you know about drugs in society. back with me are former judge and criminal defense attorney william murphy. correspondent fe nation mag jean and michael sul nick. >>> this book was intense to read. in part because of moments like challenging our fundamental assumptions like the crack baby narrative about what drugs do and don't do to us. what are the big myths we have about drugs? >> there are multiwill myths. one of the biggest is the majority of people who use drugs, crack, heroine, are addicted. the vast majority who use drugs, 85% or so do so without a problem. but yet most of our attention is focused on this small pathological numbers of users. >> when you say addiction, the way defined in the text, you say addiction is not just about regular use, that's a pattern of behavior. addiction is when it creates problems in family life, work life, in your sense of self. for 85% of drug users,

carl hart, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at columbia university presents his research on the relationship between addiction and the brain in "high price: a neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society." in "the great d generation: how institutions decay and economies die," historian niall ferguson argues that markets today are hindered by overcomplex regulations that render them increasingly incapable of supporting america's economic and political system. david lefter, director of the innovation and technology forum at new york university's polytechnic institute discusses how a group of founding fathers made the revolution a possibility by keeping the radicals from acting too fast in "the founding conservatives: how a group of unsung heroes saved the american revolution." and in "dollarocracy," journalist john nichols and robert mcchesney argue that media is putting americans in danger of being more open to manipulation. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near f

carl hart high price in your scientists journey of self discovery that challenges every thing you know about drugs and society. dr. hart is a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse and is also an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at columbia university. he is a board member of a college on problems of drug dependency and has conducted 22 years of research in the pharmacology and science of drug addiction welcome to "after words." this is a fascinating book. let me say up front it is your personal story as well as the work or the result of your work on science. but the heart and soul i would say, and if i'm wrong i hope he will tell me is if you are saying you know what you estimated 20 plus million americans who do illegal drugs. >> guest: i don't estimate. the national government conduct a survey every year and this has been known for some time there's 20 plus million who use drugs on a regular basis. >> and then you also said over the generations over time people have always used drugs. >> guest: people have always used drugs and will always. that is a f

carl hart you talk about an episode in your youth in miami where you saw a white man get shot in retaliation for shooting and then your sister get shot. this is all drug-related so you understand the negative consequences that comes from people who think well sure i can handle drugs no big deal, just a weekend user so isn't that contradictory to what you are saying about well you know people get hide it doesn't really damage anything? >> guest: well, like my sister being shot that was not drug related. that was some adolescent beef that kid's head. kids have. >> host: i thought there was a drug element to that. >> guest: no but they white guy being shot he was there simply to buy marijuana but there was an incident that happened earlier in the day between some other white guys in the black guys in my neighborhood so that was more race. this guy happened to be buying marijuana in the neighborhood so the major problem here with the race. that was the issue there. that was the racial tension of miami in 1980. >> host: correct but what i'm saying is it leads to the shooting of your sister but wh

at 9 on "after words," carl hart talks about his book, "high price," with juan williams of the hill and fox news. at 10 p.m. eastern, gary greenberg gives a history of the controversies surrounding the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. and we conclude tonight's prime time programming at 11 with khalid hosseini. that happens next on c-span2's booktv. >>> and now on booktv, deepak and zahn vive chopra recount their immigration to the united states, their entry into the medical profession here and the differences between eastern and western medicine. this is about an hour, 15. [applause] >> thank you very much. before we get started, i just want to tell everybody a quick story. as many of you know, you can only come to the society as a guest we have this golden rule, one time. today, deepak is going to break his own record, and today is the fourth time. and we make an exception for him each time. the amount of people that come out and how great he is with us at the society, and we were delighted to learn of this incredible book that was coming out and to see his other

carl hart on "high price" and drug use. "after words", sunday night at 9:00 p.m. c-span2. what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> i am reading about the next america, that just came out in paperback. my three big books for the summer include the unwinding by george packer. i can recommend it because i'm almost through it. it is a gripping tale of the unwinding of the middle class. george packer is not in the book at all himself. it is the unwinding of america and the middle class. people who lose jobs, whose wages have declined, what we have always expected them to do in this country and it is a very provocative and important book. i'm looking forward to rachel kirchner is the flamethrowers. what intrigues me about it is that more and more talk about how the voice in this book is really intriguing, but also relevant to those who are used to taking liberties that she takes in the book. so i can't wait to see what that means and also i am getting around to the book called fear itself, it came out earlier this year. it is a big book and it is intel

carl hart and i want to remind you that dot or so there is not only an author and associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at cornell university and a member of the national visor counsel on drug abuse a board member of the college on the problem of drug dependency and has done 22 years of research in neuropsychopharmacology and dr. hart it has been a real pleasure to learn about you. this is in large part a biography as well as a book about drug in society and race. congratulations on your book. >> guest: thank you. .. this is about an hour 20. >> afternoon, everyone. i want to thank you all for coming out and welcomed me while to the cato institute. i name is michael tanner and i'm a senior fellow here at the cato in the two, but of course i'm not the person who's really here to see. we are here to talk about new book by kevin williamson, "the end is near and it's going to be awesome." we have kevin talking to us a little bit about his book in a few moments and then we will have some commentary on not from nick gillespie of a reason.com and recent tv will have a few things t

. >> columbia university professor carl hart argues that drug laws are based on race and class rathern behavior resulting from drug use. sunday nine at 9:00, part of booktv on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to introduce you to brian fung. he is with "national journal" and is identified as a technology writer. he is here to talk about the 1917 espionage act. what is it? the 1917ll, so espionage act was measure that woodrow wilson proposed in order to try and prevent americans from interfering with the war effort against germany. and what wound up happening was act gave theonage executive pretty broad authority indict people and also to monitor people's speech as well. -- have people been prosecuted under the espionage act? guest: yes. critics of the espionage act have said that president obama has actually used the espionage act more than any of his predecessors to go after leakers. , what arein the past some of the names we might know from the espionage act? guest: some of the most famous names -- the rosenbergs, who were spies for the soviets. you also have je

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