High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
&#8220;It&#8217;s a fascinating combination of memoir and social science: wrenching scenes of deprivation and violence accompanied by calm analysis of historical data and laboratory results.&#8221; (John Tierney,New York Times)&#8220;Moving and inspiring&#8230;. Hart&#8217;s memoir&#8230; is deeply honest and often painful. And his account of the ways in which scientific evidence has been ignored in the war on drugs is as alarming as it is fascinating.&#8221; (Boston Globe)&#8220;Hart&#8217;s account of rising from the projects to the ivory tower is as poignant as his call to change the way society thinks about race, drugs and poverty.&#8221; (Scientific American)&#8220;A hard-hitting attack on current drug policy by&#8230;a neuroscientist who grew up on the streets of one of Miami&#8217;s toughest neighborhoods&#8230;An eye-opening, absorbing, complex story of scientific achievement in the face of overwhelming odds.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews(starred review))&#8220;A refreshing new analysis of drug use that reveals how common misconceptions about illegal drugs are far too often not based on empirical evidence. . . . . [A] thought-provoking&#8230;[and] important work on substance abuse.&#8221; (Library Journal(starred review))&#8220;Combining memoir, popular science, and public policy, Hart&#8217;s study lambasts current drug laws as draconian and repressive&#8230;. His is a provocative clarion call for students of sociology and policy-makers alike.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)&#8220;It&#8217;s not every day you read a book that blows the lid off everything you&#8217;ve ever been taught about drugs, but Dr. Carl Hart&#8217;s recent work&#8230;does just that. Part memoir, part myth-buster&#8230;a fast-paced read.&#8221; (Huffington Post)&#8220;Perhaps nowhere has a voice been more resonant in a single place than in Dr. Carl Hart&#8217;s profoundly impacting new memoir,High Price.&#8221; (Ebony.com)&#8220;In his new bookHigh Price: A Neuroscientist&#8217;s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society, Carl Hart blowsapart the most common myths about drugs and their impact on society.&#8221; (Kristen Gwynne,Salon.com)&#8220;Hart&#8217;s autobiography weaves personal memoir, Drug Science 101, and enlightened discussions of American racial politics into one engaging narrative.&#8221; (Gabriel Grand,PolicyMic.com)&#8220;This mixing of personal story and hard research is interesting and appealing, in part because Hart isn&#8217;t preachy and partly due to his unique history as someone who actually lived that which he&#8217;s trying to help others avoid.&#8221; (New Pittsburgh Courier)&#8220;A seminal contribution to the conversation about the intersection of the legal system and drug addiction from a bodacious brother with both street credibility and academic credentials.&#8221; (LA Sentinel)