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Drug use for grown-ups: Chasing liberty in the land of fear By Carl L. Hart

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newyork: Penguin Press, c2021.Edition: 1Description: i-xiii+290PISBN:
  • 9781101981641
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.973 HAR-D
Contents:
Prologue: Time to grow up -- The war on us: how we got in this mess -- Get out of the closet: stop behaving like children -- Beyond the harms of harm reduction -- Drug addiction is not a brain disease -- Amphetamines: empathy, energy, and ecstasy -- Novel psychoactive substances: searching for a pure bliss -- Cannabis: sprouting the seeds of freedom -- Psychedelics: we are one -- Cocaine: everybody loves the sunshine -- Dope science: the truth about opioids -- Epilogue: The journey -- Appendix: Death investigation systems by state.
Summary: "From one of the world's foremost experts on the effects of recreational drugs on the mind and body, a powerful argument that the greatest dangers from drugs flow from their being illegal, and a field guide to their use as part of a responsible and happy life. Dr. Carl Hart, Ziff Professor at Columbia University and former Chair of the Department of Psychology, is one of the world's preeminent experts on the effects
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Prologue: Time to grow up --
The war on us: how we got in this mess --
Get out of the closet: stop behaving like children --
Beyond the harms of harm reduction --
Drug addiction is not a brain disease --
Amphetamines: empathy, energy, and ecstasy --
Novel psychoactive substances: searching for a pure bliss --
Cannabis: sprouting the seeds of freedom --
Psychedelics: we are one --
Cocaine: everybody loves the sunshine --
Dope science: the truth about opioids --
Epilogue: The journey --
Appendix: Death investigation systems by state.


"From one of the world's foremost experts on the effects of recreational drugs on the mind and body, a powerful argument that the greatest dangers from drugs flow from their being illegal, and a field guide to their use as part of a responsible and happy life. Dr. Carl Hart, Ziff Professor at Columbia University and former Chair of the Department of Psychology, is one of the world's preeminent experts on the effects

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