High Price by Carl Hart - ISBN: 9780670919741
Paperback
From street hustler to neuroscientist, redefining addiction, pleasure, and choice.

High Price

Drugs, Neuroscience, and Discovering Myself

  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    21 August 2013

Summary

A groundbreaking neuroscientist examines the relationship between drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society.

As a youth, Carl Hart didn’t see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life, dealing drugs and committing petty larceny. Today, he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780670919741
ISBN-10:0670919748
Author:Carl Hart
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:21 August 2013
Weight:250g
Dimensions:200mm x 133mm x 23mm
About The Author

Carl Hart

Carl Hart is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Hart is a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse and on the board of directors of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the Drug Policy Alliance. A native of Miami, Florida, Dr. Hart received his B.S. in psychology at the University of Maryland, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in experimental psychology and neuroscience at the University of Wyoming. He and his work are featured in Eugene Jarecki’s acclaimed documentary The House I Live In. The film examines the war on drugs and highlights some of the research that Hart includes in High Price. He lives in New York City.

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