dr. hart provides a memoir about growing up in a poor miami neighborhood with his studies of drug use and their surprising conclusions. the program is about one hour. >> welcome to afterward. our guest today, dr. 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. dr. hart, welcome. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: let me say up front this is your personal story as well as the work or the result of your work in science. by the heart and soul of it i would say can and hope if i'm wrong to tell me i'm wrong, is that you were saying, you know what, i think you estimate there are 20 p

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.

dr. hart combines a memoir of growing up in a poor neighborhood with studies of drug use and their supplies and conclusions. the program is about an hour. >> welcome to "after words." i am juan williams. today dr. 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 estima

dr. 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

drug dependency dependency, and has done 22 years of research did narrow psychopharmacology and dr. harte it has been a pleasure to learn about you. this is a large part of biography as well as drugs in society and rates. congratulations on your book. >> host: on your screen is off 39 the book is "state of disrepair" fixing the culture and practices of the state department" from 89 you write to the department does state employee roster to consist roughly 7000 foreign service officers, 11,000 civil servants and 32,000 foreign nationals 16,000 applicants stroke the written test competing for roughly 1,000 jobs. the people selected have college degrees, 11 years of prior work experience before coming in to foreign service. two-thirds of the people selected to an in with postgraduate degrees and 80 percent have lived overseas, foreign service officers are awarded tenure after four years, 95 percent of those serving officers received tenure. a 25% of all of our diplomats are concentrated in only 30 countries. more than 2,000 in iraq and afghanistan. what is wrong with the state? [laughter] >>

dr. hart is a member of the national advisory council on drug abuse and he is also an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at columbia university. he is a board member for college on problems of drug dependency and he has conducted 22 years of research and narrow cycle pharmacology and the science of drug addiction. doc or hart welcome to "after words." >> guest: it's great to be here. >> host: this is a fascinating book and it's your personal story as well as the work or the results of your work in science but the heart and soul of that i would say and i hope if i'm wrong you tell me i'm wrong, is that you are saying do you know what? i think you estimated 20 plus million americans who do a legal drugs. >> guest: i don't estimate. the national government conducts a survey every year and this has been known for some time. there are 20 plus nine americans who use drugs on a regular basis. >> host: you also say that generations over time people have always used drugs. >> guest: peopl

dr. 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

dr. carl hart and his book high price in and this journey of self discovery challenges everything you know about drugs and society. the doctor combines a memoir of growing up in a knife delete the neighborhood with studies of drug use and their surprising conclusions. the program is about an hour. >> welcome to "after words." imc. 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 wha

dr. 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

dr. 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

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dr. 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