dr. carl hart, right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. cane work together, we stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: by any measure, the war on drugs has been a failure. and also how successfully to intervene. hart grew up in one of miami's toughest neighborhoods. many of the preconceived -- i was not sure what with the has to do drug war. or whether it had to do with your own life and the price that you have had to pay as a result of choices you have made. am i right about both, and neither, or either? >> you are right about both and i am glad that you mentioned above. particularly, when we look at poor people or black people, it is too high. people will come up subsequently. and in the book

dr. carl hart, right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. cane work together, we stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: by any measure, the war on drugs has been a failure. and also how successfully to intervene. hart grew up in one of miami's toughest neighborhoods. many of the preconceived -- i was not sure what with the has to do drug war. or whether it had to do with your own life and the price that you have had to pay as a result of choices you have made. am i right about

dr. carl hart, thank you for being here, dr. hart. >> thankthank you for having me. >> michael: you write about how studies are often misleading and simplistic on of the effects of drugs on people. >> i don't know if the studies are simplistic the interpretations are. people oftentimes emphasize the negative things related to drugs and not the other effects. for example there is this belief the majority of people who use drugs like crack cocaine cocaine, heroin, meth, the majority of those people are addicted. that's the brief. that's an inaccurate belief. 80% or 90% of people who use those drugs do so without a problem. the last three guys who up occupied the white house, president obama has used cocaine, marijuana. the guy before him george bush used marijuana widely suspected of using cocaine. before him president clinton had used marijuana. all of those guys did so without problems. this is not to besmirch their reputation. this is to show much of what we believe about guys is wrong. much of the people are like those guys, go

dr. carl hart who is a neuroscientist. so enjoy the conversation. >> hello, everybody. [applause] okay. is everybody hearing me? hi, how are you? dr. hart, you're laying a really heavy one on us here with this book, "high price." there's a lot i want to talk to you about. and, hopefully, raise some of the issues that people in our audience are also curious about. let me start with the title itself. what is the high price to which you refer, and who is paying that price? >> first of all, i just want to say thank you all for coming out. i know you all could be doing something on this hot day in new york. so thank you all for joining us. so "high price," what's the title? some of you all may have heard or seen some of the sort of publicity around the book. i am the first tenured african-american scientist at columbia. and when that's the case, one must pay a price. and in the book i'm saying that the price is too high. it's a hell of a toll that it takes on one, on someone, and folks who are coming up subsequently, i'm trying to show folks how we can decrease the price so we can produce oth

dr. carl hart. you have been listening to him. his book,. he joins us to take your calls and we will begin with a call from margaret in wilmington, delaware. you are on with carl hart, alondra 11price: a neuroscienti journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society"" . >> reporter: i have a range of children at home fromi have a rt home from ages 7 to teenagers. a a are exposed to these alcohol and drugs in their homeland when they're in my home they are not exposed to these things and this is what they are going back to. i tried to am power of them. i have to empower the children. many times i have teenagers in the home, they have been exposed to everything as far as being in st. company coming in the household and for whatever reason. >> host: what is your question? >> caller: how do i am power? give me questions on how to empower these children as they go back to the home. >> guest: make sure they have as much information as possible in terms of drugs that make sure they are doing well in school, make s

dr. carl hart is a tenured scientist at columbia in new york city. that is our show for tonight, thanks for watching and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with about the societal implications of the george zimmerman trial and verdict. we'll see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>dean: hi, welcome back to hometime. well this is where last time we ripped up a bunch of concrete because of moisture problems. this time we're going to as they say "re-frost the cake". lay down some new stamped concrete. >

dr. carl hart on his book that examined the causes of addiction. we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >>> tonight on "quest" -- elephant seals dive deeper, swim farther and hold their breath longer than almost any mammal on earth. but how do they accomplish such remarkable feats? bay area scientists have begun to unlock the secrets of these aquatic athletes. >>> and after multiple unmanned missions to mars, we still don't know if life has ever existed there. nasa scientists are hoping a new high-tech rover will help them solve the mystery. >>> major funding for "quest" is provided by the national science

dr. carl hart, right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had.id, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. cane work together, we stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: by any measure, the war on drugs has been a failure. and also how successfully to intervene. hart grew up in one of miami's toughest neighborhoods. many of the preconceived -- i was not sure what with the has to do drug war. or whether it had to do with your own life and the price that you have had to pay as a result of choices you have made. am i right about both, and

dr. carl hart, right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate

dr. carl hart. i just want to remind you that he is not only in author but an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at columbia university, a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse, a board member of the college on the problems of drug dependency, and has done 22 years of research in narrow psychopharmacology. it's been a real pleasure to learn about you. this is in large part a biography as well as a book about trucks society in race. congratulations. >> thank you. >> wednesday night book tv in prime-time features a look at personal reflections. book tv in prime time here on c-span2. wednesday british prime minister david cameron takes questions from members of the british house of commons. live coverage as 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> making the transition from journalism to bucks is exhilarating and completely overwhelming and frightening, but wonderful. >> what did you make that change? >> i made that choice -- i have long wanted to be working on a book because

our guest carl hart challenges everything 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 the college on problems of drug dependency and has conducted 22 years of research in the pharmacology and the drug addiction. dr. hart, welcome to "after words." >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: this is a fascinating book. let me say up front it is a fascinating story as well as the work or the result of your work in science. but the heart and soul i would say coming and i hope if i'm wrong you will tell me, but you are saying you estimate there are 20 plus million americans who do illegal drugs. >> guest: the national government conduct a survey every year and this has been known for some time there is 20 plus million americans who use drugs on a regular basis. >> host: then you also say that over the generations of retired people always used drugs >> guest: that is a fact. >> host: so birds fly and men

dr. carl hart. i want to remind you he is not only in author 46 he's an associate professor in psychology and psychiatry at columbia university and a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse and a board member of the college on the problems of drug dependency and has done 22 years of research and d nero psycho pharmacology. carl hart come it has been a pleasure to learn about you. this is a biography as well as a book about drugs, society and race. congratulations on your book. >> that was "after words," book tv signature program and which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators and others familiar with their material. "after words" airs every weekend on book tv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. on sunday at 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" on line. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the book tv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> now on book tv, richard be

dr. carl hart you talk about an episode of your use in miami you saw of may and, of white man shot in retaliation than your sister is shot and it is all drug-related. you understand the negative consequences from people that think i can't handle drugs, no big deal i ever weekend user. is a that contradictory? that it doesn't damage anything? >> guest: my sister being shot that was not drug-related it was the beef >> host: i thought there was a drug element to that. >> guest: but the white guy that was there simply to buy marijuana but there was an incident that happened earlier in the day with some other white guys in the black guys in my neighborhood that was more race and he just happened to be buying marijuana in the neighborhood. so the problem here was race. >> host: that was racial tension in 1980. but then it leads to the shooting of your sister but drugs just seem to be part of in this emphasizes the point you make in the book of the larger social structure in tension, poverty tension, poverty, abandonmen t, all of the issues with drugs come into it today act as a catalyst to speed up neg

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dr. carl heart so enjoyed the conversation. [applause] >> can everybody hear the? dr. hart, you lay a heavy one on us with the book "high price" i want to raise the issues of what people are curious about start with the title itself in what is the high price and who pays it? >> the key for coming out i need you to be doing something else on this hot day so thank you for joining us. "high price" the title seven of you may have heard of the publicity around the book and the first tenured african american scientist at columbia and with that is the case one must pay the price is in the book i say the prices too high it is one hell of a toll to take on someone and folks who are coming up subsequently am trying to show people to decrease the price for other people who look like me if they want to become a scientist. when we think about what we're doing in this country. i steadied drugs of abuse by the way on rethink about what we're doing with policy some of you know, unless you have that under a rock that our drug policy disproportionately affects black men and what i say in ter