- May 24, 2014 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
- Location: Berkeley
- Latest Activity: Jan 20, 2020
Dr. Carl Hart discusses his book,
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
A groundbreaking neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his pioneering work in drug addiction.
As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school, studying just enough to keep him 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, interweaving past and present, Hart goes beyond the hype as he examines the relationship between drugs and 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.
(excerpted from the author's website highpricethebook.com)---A fundraiser for Revolution Books $5-25 at the door and on
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