"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths about Addiction
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- www.democracyno... - As we continue our conversation on the nationwide shift towards liberalizing drug laws, we are joined by the groundbreaking neuro-psycho-pharmacologist Dr. Carl Hart. He is the first tenured African-American professor in the sciences at Columbia University where he is an associate professor in the psychology and psychiatry departments. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse and a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. However, long before he entered the hallowed halls of the Ivy League, Hart gained first hand knowledge about drug usage while growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods. He recently wrote a memoir titled, "High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society." In the book, he recalls his journey of self-discovery how he escaped a life of crime and drugs and avoided becoming one of the crack addicts he now studies.
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I have worked as a therapist in a London prison for 25 years. The majority of those inmates I encounter with substance addiction are so as a result of biopsychosocial reasons and I completely concur with what dr Hart, Mate and Alexander espouse in this regard. It is when an individual is dislocated from themselves, society and a meaningful existence that addiction occurs. A complex change in how we support societies' most vulnerable people plus challenging the appallingly unfair distribution of wealth and opportunities, therein, including eradicating racism can we start to tackle this. A wonderful insightful man.
For me I found myself becoming niahlistic, and very apathetic towards people because I was feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of society, I suffer from ADHD and because of life traumas I found myself idealizing horrible things, thoughts I wasn't proud of, for me cannabis allowed an escape to a place where I can introspectively examine my life and and gave me another reason to live, my work pressures became minimal, burnout started to reset. what has worked best was all the harm reduction information I found on the internet. To say drugs have no good function for society is a lie, it just requires a strong respect for what you consume regardless of how safe it is and support from your community rather than the usual shaming you get from neurotypical humans who assume if I'm fine then that means you should be too.
Sam Miller is a certified working class hero. Your career and politics are like a power couple. 💥
A brilliant honest man.
Agreed!
I can't believe that Dr. Ben Carson is more famous than this guy!
geekdivaherself Who?
Spirit of addiction Jesus sets you free .
A MEN
More people need to hear this guy!!!!!!!!!
Of course we all heard what we wanted to hear, or our perceptions allowed.....either way this man has spent a large portion of his life trying to help a person like me, whom he never met, didnt ask for any money, and whos motivation was to help an addict like myself overcome addiction.....what can i say thank you doesnt seem to measure up!! Your actions are an inspiration for us all!!
THIS MAN NEEDS TO BE OUR NEW HEAD OF DEA
Or work with them. They need to actually do their job about busting substances coming in the county and leave American people alone with zero reason for them to continue to terrify and harm them, and for so for so long now.. they are so corrupt!
No, we just need to get rid of the DEA.
@@robertcrusher1972 the DEA answers to no one. They run their shit, their way. They are the most powerful, legal gang in the world. Alot of DEA agents have very shady and checkered pasts.
@@clownchaostime3024 while I agree with you, I’m talking about how we can’t get rid of them “today”.
One of their cash cows right now is to harm people in pain, and it seems likely that they did that when they couldn’t attack people about cannabis to the extent that they were able to do in the past.
I was explaining that if they WERENT corrupt, they would be focusing on other things than what they do.
I have had to live in fear of them much of my life, by being close to people that value cannabis and are POC, and then my own illnesses and what medications I utilize to have semblance of life.
It’s people like Perdue MIXED with protections and corruption of the DEA that should matter to us all.
That I used an example of what it would look like IF they did their jobs right (yeah right, they have always known about what is getting inside the country anyway) and WEREN’T corrupt doesn’t mean that I agree that they should exist. However, we have limited *close to no* control in the US, so that is what I’m speaking to:They exist. -My comment was a *band aid concept* because of that lack of control of the people
I’m a harm reductionist, and think everything should be legalized and decriminalized.
If Portugal can do it, so can we.
But not likely to happen in the U.S. they are too busy traumatizing sick and poor people and POC constantly, and making money off of people all at the same time.
A lot like how the police do things. 🤷🏻👍
@@clownchaostime3024 but if we had the ability to dissolve them, I’d be all for that. So would a lot of people
I want massive change too, but not sure that the U.S knows how to do that...about much of ANYTHING.
Dr. Hart is definitely a brilliant scientist and knows the importance of critical thinking to find causes & solutions for drug dependence.
Spend your tax dollars on social issues instead of military toys, you will be a more powerful nation. Get it together united statesians!
Kind of hard to do that when half the nation is brainwashed into thinking any spending on the general public is teh dreaded communism!
*****
Interesting. Not sure what you mean by your comment, "they continue to increase the amount they take from us to give to others." Tax rates on the wealthiest Americans are at their lowest in 30 years. Global recessions typically result in an increase in so-called 'welfare' spending. Redistribution of wealth is the function of all government systems. Especially in the US given the fact that spending is the primary economic driver.
Typical moronic, self important, soyboy. The only reason we get to have "social issues" is due to military protection. If not for our powerful military you would be living in some work camp somewhere being used as slave labor. Other nations and people are waiting for us to show weakness. People like you, social justice idiots are nothing but weakness.
I have friends who have done every kind of drug there is legal or not. The only time they had issues with it was when there was another problem: work, relationship etc. That's when it got out of control and usually stop if the underlying problem was gone.
missdiablica666 i use many drugs, meth being one of my main. My rule of thumb no matter how much i use, no matter how often is to immediately end drug use when negative life issues start cropping up. I never use drugs to cope with anything and have never been addicted despite using what society considers hard drugs for almost a decade now.
100 agree! well stated.
Thank you Dr. Hart. I enjoyed the book immensely. In my particular situation, I've seen a lot of what you have seen, unfortunately quite a bit more, but in much of the same way. I came to the same conclusion, decriminalization of currently illegal substances, from my experiences with my culture. I am a so-called 'Native American Indian' and I hope this book helps to illuminate many of the issues associated with the prohibition of 'drugs'.
May God bless you and your people with rich blessings. Amen
good luck with that.. all due respect.. it's completely unrealistic. I respect ur efforts and willing attitude. 😂I find it kinda funny even so. it's sad to see hopeful ppl meaning well and thinking of change go down the path of useless antics. 💔 falling on deaf ears.
About time we have proper people like Dr.Hart educating the public properly.
Everything is addictive. Even food...just look at Governor Christie
That's right!
Dr Hart would question you on that point you think you have made. He would ask you to define what you think "addiction" is and what it really is. Tossing a word around is part of the problem we have in this country.
Food is the most addictive substance in the world.
@@zoesdada8923 Nah water then food
Usually there’s an underlying medical condition or stress-induced issues that lead to overeating. Takes a lot of health literacy to get the right solution.
Gabor Mate and Carl Hart should both be on for an interview.
Arkinight couldn't agree more. Gabor Mate should certainly be a name that is brought up in any debate on these issues
People in the comments are so mad. lol Glad they know more than someone who studied it for 23 years.
+bishplis not always wrong
That's why I come to youtube. To ignore the person who knows their shit and really learn from all the imbeciles that comment.
If we don't learn from what's not working, that'd be the way their doing it now. Or if we can't reach for something better we will be stuck believing the world is flat or on the back of a Titan. Come on folk's if these drugs or so terrible we need to get rid of our government which allowing companies to manufacture and distribute them. Of course I think the government needs a major overhaul. I had a friend had his daughter taken because some jerk got pissed and called defac. With no apparent proof they went to the school and started interigsting the principle the child's teacher and class mates. Here's the kicker. She was the #1 student in her grade, teachers pet, and NEVER made a grade below 100. That's right 100. It should have stopped right there. No they went to the house, which was in order, the father working his ass off to provide. They want to swab his and moms mouth. Yeah they used but the child was not in harms way. I know cause I made sure, i wasn't concerned with their drug use I had heard other stories about different abuse which was false. I call that a violation of civil rights. Made want to hurt someone. They took the child disrupted her now who knows if shell recover. Personally I know she will because I made sure there some manner. A way that didn't destroy the child. But so many times there's no one there to help. We need to stop the direction we are headed b4 its to late, or is it already to late.
You come to me with news of debt
Telling me were on the edge of regret
The world clock sits at three tics from hell
Vibrations toll from the church bell
Old news from histories past
Chronic sanity goes no where fast
I want to help me break lose and be free
Want you please help us see how you and I can be we
Panic among the many is always news
Esteem taught only for the reviews
Caught in a circle with no way in
Hiding the obvious in a word called sin
Hoping for excuses so we can pretend
Blaming others brings our end
I want to help me break lose and be free
Want you help us see how you and I can be we
Because we are the addicts. Our friendly Doctors who are now going to Prison, just dropped us. Are you 65 years old? Do you even know what pain is yet?
Joy Vradenburg I'm not 65 but I do know what pain is. Believe it or not my worst pain comes from my heart. Emotionally.
Thanks for responding about being the first and what that means about this society.
Definitely Carl Hart is a brilliant mind...
Cheers to this man.
Ouvi todo o programa. Esplêndido depoimento! Merece toda a atenção. Cumprimentos
@@blackadam2533 More like people kill for money more than they have ever killed for "drugs".
Do you need evidence?
Whats your relation to the Duterte regime?
Here's a commonsense approach love your work dr carl
1:44 “In fact, I’ve been studying drugs for about 23 years. For about 20 of those years I believed that drugs were the problem in the community but when I started to look more carefully, started looking at the evidence more carefully, it became clear to me that drugs weren’t the problem. The problem was poverty, drug policy, lack of jobs, a wide range of things and drugs were just one sort of component that didn’t contribute as much as we have said they have.”
~Dr Carl Hart,
Chair of the Department of Psychology at Columbia University
Author of “High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society”
Thank you for your service.
The legal consequences are more damaging than the actual substances!
Poverty and education has always been a direct issue but the drugs was the icing on the cake and was intentional..
I first saw Carl Hart on a TEDx video where he gave a passionate speech about drug abuse and our societies awful view of drug users. Later, I saw him on a Netflix special about the crack epidemic ( _sponsored by the CIA_ ). He’s a cool guy that is the textbook definition of “underdog”. People like him should take the place of our greed infected role models.
Thank you for interviewing him! Every time o watch him, my hope gets renewed. A true SCIENTIST
I would LOVE to read his open letter to his son on ultra net, anyone has the link?
Thank Goodness for this gentleman. Can't emphasize that enough. Thank Effing Goodness!
I am so glad he mentioned rob ford. Over here in Canada, people were screaming about rob fords addiction but yet he still did his jobs prior to.
ReCkLeSsErr0r cuz people think occasional indulgence = addiction.
it's maddening to be a non-addict to drugs, and kept being accused of being an addict by just occasionally consuming a drug.
***** It's also maddening being an addict and being told that that precludes me from being an articulate, compassionate, capable human being.
Sorry to hear you have an addictive personality. However I think addiction can be overcome in the mind first.
***** I don't see why my personality needs to be "overcome" rather than managed, just like my other mental and physical health issues.
LBR here, the only reason is because of the stigma associated with addiction, because it's viewed as a flaw or weakness rather than a legitimate health issue.
I am on prescribed opiates and have a good quality of life, I am a mother, I have two very lucky cats, some good people in my life and a roof over my head and good food in my belly.
I look at it this way; I use a crutch to help me walk and my opiates help to ease both the physical pain and help to ease the symptoms of a lifetime of bipolar II and anxiety- I don't see it as being any less valid a choice as using my physical crutch. And neither do my pain management doctors, because they also specialise in addiction and understand the attitudes towards long term addicts is down to moral outrage rather than sound science.
So please, don't feel sorry for me, I certainly don't :)
***** No...lol That is not exactly true. I would agree to some point, that the mind does have a heavily influence on how one’s thinking goes. Yes that is true.
But.. There are other factors to why people having drug abuse, due to the fact of high levels of depression. If you study chemistry and genetics, you will see that some people genetically are born with a gene that creates the chemical imbalance for high levels of depression and suicide. In those cases the mind doesn’t have a chance, especially for those people who have a much more week mind on dealing with problems, issues, criticisms, and some of the sufferings that life can throw at you. For many people who are addicted to heroin or cocaine; and other drugs, as like alcohol too. Even though I don’t have an addictive personality, but if you’ve been around people with high levels of depression, and how they react on prescription pills, or heroin. You notice then calming down and having less issues on very depressing, and suicidal thoughts. For some of those people heroin or cocaine could feel like the only relief they can really have. Some people’s minds are just not prepared and are very weak to deal with life. But then, study chemistry and genetics to which DNA runs a terrible mock. Well..you have a whole another problem at hand. Therefore, the mind for some people with his bad genetic makeup, will lose the fight. And this is the issue that we need to study, and deal with this as a form of a social disease with depression, to which it will turn into drug abuse. Society has failed at this, and looking at the real Science...
Can't wait to have him on as a guest! I am quite the optimistic one!
this video really opened my eyes
Can you air this back on Tv?
This guy is smart.
My 2cents, I have been on and off heroin for a long time. One of the problems among many w/ this street drug it's quality is never the same. OK on average when I was strung out I would need one bag(20bucks worth) in the morning and another in the late afternoon that is to say if the drug was consistently OK dope. It never was though sometimes a 40 dollar a day habit could cost 60-80bucks to have the same affect and that is just staying well w/o any nod/high. Nodding off is what happens after the rush and once you have the addiction for awhile, none of that exists because of the tolerance unless one does 5bags of dope at once which I did back in the 90's (insane decade)... So the dealers/black market set the price and strength of street drugs and heroin becomes expensive taking and taking until there's nothing left except a 6ft hole in the ground, it is pure hell to be dope sick and have to go to work to support a drug habit. Thank God I ended up doing some time in prison and found a purpose in life that saved me from ever going back to heroin. It's been since 1999 since I used heroin. I do smoke medical cannabis but the hard drugs I am against, but I do think they should be legalized and controlled in a clinic type setting. The war on drugs is a front to fuel an industry for the jails, cops, prisons n guards lawyers, judge's, DEA etc. and dealers n cartels all make billions off stuff that cost pennies to make be it coke, heroin, marijuana, meth, mdma, alcohol... it's all about numbers and money most importantly it's about lives and the way drugs are used today even by big pharma to enslave people. A vice (addiction) is this centuries way of enslaving people. The war on drugs is the longest and most expensive war in the history of America with no viable solution in sight. It is a war w/o an end that can not be won. Peace
Ty Doc for the efforts
When the world finally applies the power of the mind to understand we can finally apply understanding to those who don't use their minds
Very smart man.
Very good interview!
Respect sir
Thanks for your work!
Both Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have preaching this for years and years and years. I have first hand knowledge that 10 years ago councilors at treatment centers have been identifying the fact that "drugs are a symptom of underlying issues an addic0 the addicts
Both the cults you named are narrow minded and have old ideas.
Dr Heart is the voice of smart and sensible drug policy. WAKE UP WORLD and STOP LYING TO THE PEOPLE.
A good point mentioned not demonizing the drug.. Right on they are a miracle in medicine. Parents need to do their job.
Preach brother preach
He is making total sense... It is about the underlying causation of misusing narcotics... It is a psychological matter. CBT, DBT and other types of talk therapy are key to self-examine and discover the internal triggers yielding an individual to abuse drugs..... This is simplifying the issue, but holds weight/water (IMHO).
Great talk, great man!
Big vibes thank you big bro
I Want Him In The White House ! I'm So Sick Of The Government Telling Us What We Can Put In Our Bodies !
I love this man he point on
Awesome!
My hero
To me, drug addictions are born out of an individual's long term social inhibitions and their inability to cope with society's psychological negatives. The more society pushes one negatively the greater a person is likely become abusive with their drug use. An individual who uses any drug or combination thereof to ease their psychologic illness will either over medicate himself or herself or they may learn to ease their drug addiction usage and keep it under control so not to hinder one's other Life Responsibilities.
Well said.
Dr Stan Katz said the same thing in his book The Codependency Conspiracy published in 1991. He didn't have much good to say about the 12 step program either. Most all the treatment regimes did not address the underlying behavior problem(s) driving those who were "addicted."
Totally buying his book
This guy is great overall. I've read one his books, very engaging stuff! But alcohol can be beneficial to your heart?
Top!
Bravo
Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear Hardcover - January 12, 2021
by Dr. Carl L. Hart (Author)
Truth!!!
For all those that do not know and may be interested, Carl Hart was on an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, a free podcast. Check it out!
How common are his views among other addiction experts?
Well, amongst those who speak openly about addiction to the public, he is in the minority. However, I believe a high percentage of scientists in this world, perhaps even the majority, concur with what Dr. Hart is saying. The data doesn't lie; most people who use psychoactive substances recreationally, even "hard" drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates, etc, continue to lead functional lives and never become addicts.
The reality is that non-addicted recreational users often have no difficulties hiding their use from whomever they wish, and therefore the "Face of Addiction" becomes the obvious, depressing wastrel smoking/shooting/chugging their drug of choice in an alley-- and as Hart points out, the media and many medical health professionals intentionally perpetuate the misconception that most recreational drug users are addicts. Alcohol is, after all, a very powerful drug, and most people who imbibe are not alcoholics...
I would like to see Dr. Hart try crack and heroin a few times to see if he can stay functional after using them.
@@CrowdPleeza He actually did bunch of heroin and crack...He stated that in his book and joe rogan interview.
And also...Switz is the perfect example of heroin addicts being functional...
The reason heroin addicts get disfunctional in the first place is bcs social and law unacceptance...People who use heroin are usually left out on streets, and they get sucked into criminal cycal bcs of stupid law.
Law enforcement is the problem and it's not "liberalising" drug laws. It's going back to the foundation of constitutional law.
The drug users I've encountered seem to be incapable of producing a coherent point. My anecdotal evidence is quite contrary to Mr. Hart. I have a litany of experiences that all point to addiction. I do appreciate the Doctor's work. I'll keep reading a variety of opinions on this subject.
Same here but it was when I was working near skid row. I've seen people doing coke at weekends at parties and not becoming addicted though.
@@georgew.douche26yearsago65 You can do coke everyday without becoming addicted...I've done coke everyday at my job, to do my job better. I would do two or three lines a day, (very small amount), just to stimulate myself enough to do my work faster, better, with more focus... And i never became addicted. I just stopped using.
Today i use cocaine sometimes as well, about once in every 2 months.
Smart guy!
people need to educate themselves on Harm Reduction Strategies..
Drugs are AMAZING!! its people that are fd up and broken, and cant handle the awesomeness
Chris Bishop agreed!
You're absolutely correct. I am one of those broken people. If your life in general is F'd up don't do drugs it'll make it even worse. Oh and if you have low self esteem; forget about it.
not the drugs are not the problem is just the side efects that this cause, and the person when they don't have the drug it can become irrational and dangerous. even sometimes when they consume. so please don't tellme that the drugs are not a problem.
i understand the trials, however, were the people that were on the trials still put through everyday trials and tribulations that they would endure in the outside world. in other words, they are not able to partake of the drug, but released from the hospital on a daily basis for a certain amount of time. of course in a controlled environment, one doesn't have to endure the same circumstances. i have been around working addicts. however, when there is no drug and something happens, that is when you see real reactions. not saying that 23 years of research is wrong, but there is so much more research and researchers needed. thanks for your information.
this man is intelligent...
Great interview.
Drugs are not going anywhere!! ✊🏾✊🏾
man this guy is real
I kind of hate how this lady doesn't really share HER opinion. At some points she comes off as Skeptical, or agreeing with him... i guess that's the interviewers job tho not to state their opinion.. just wish she would either agree or disagree . This man tho really amazes me. You can tell he has many emotions but he carries himself wonderfully.
Telling it like it is. Period.
When society doesn't have social life or events or to do anything in that community with people people turn to drugs it's not like society don't know what the hell is going on
I like this guy
respect fi this man he is avanced n great but still not accurated because humans are so different from eachother so do a rule n a scheme is very not possible.. real addiction born from traumatic happenings.. i not gustify it just explane .. n the answer to pain n struggle it form personality.. loop follow automedication because that pleasure compensating all love n affection not get from 0 to 8 age old when personality forming ..abandones n all it can bring.. so for some person drugs can be very invasive n delete all motivations to carry on things.. but as doctor carl say drug not really a problem but underlyed issues with traums , scotomas , depression or mental isssues.. that in case of addicted people it result in a automedication..its very deep topic ..wish one day all that will go better and that addiction will scheduled in a real affective disorder etc etc bla bla levels of addiction are different n various a lot fi every single person is very different and lot of nuances are involved.. plus lot of the consecuences of drug mess is make from law that still criminalizing drugs instead of regualting them.. so this factor mix make addiction n drug use worst. of course it is subjective .. or so ... jah bless.
Talks sense.
Facts 💯👏
Great video.
Damn, his comments were great until he compared cannabis with alcohol, a relevant comparison, but the toxicological data is dramatically different, you die easily from alcohol, you don't die from cannabis.
He brought that up in another video though
+c23am agree
Any addiction can kill you.
Yeah agree....Drinking 10 beers a day is way worse then smoking 10 joints, of course...
But i think dr. Hart was talking about something different...
For example most people who drink alcohol dont drink that much, but they drink one or two drinks a day or even a weak..
So one ore two drinks a day can be healthier then one two joints a day....
So from that perspective, alcohol can be less harmful...
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (P.S.)Paperback - June 10, 2014
by Carl Hart (Author)
awesome!
fucking quality
Dr. Carl Hart deserves more than 240p
Ridiculous comments about alcohol. It's ruined many members of my family. The pot heads seem fine.
Another point is this: He talked about the mayor of Toronto being able to smoke crack and still do his job.
The thing that concerns me though, is that crack does brain damage with long term use. And what about the lungs?
I doubt it damages the lungs more than Cigarettes can and I doubt it damages the brain more than Alcohol can. I highly recommend you watch the documentary that's on Netflix "The House i live in", which Carl Hart is featured in, which further explains my brief statements.
Um, if you smoke crack, you smoke cigarettes. The two go hand in hand.
Heather Dawn Culpepper Long term health effects do not justify criminalization of a substance. If that were the case, tobacco and alcohol use and/or possession would be criminal behavior.
Heather Dawn Culpepper
Thats a faulty generalization. I have a friend who was a former crack addict and he has never touched one cigarette.
Yeah, right.
I bet Dr. Hart is a huge fan of THE WIRE!!!!
I cannot stress enough how important moral training is on the population than drug control. When the drug control is lifted you lift so many aspects of criminal behavior because of the buying and selling of it. The effects of the drug should not exclude a person from being guilty of criminal offense while under the influence, but society should be taught stricter moral code from birth so whether people could purchase any drug or alcohol they wised...they simply would not be inclined to commit a crime even whacked out of their mind on it...because of their education and upbringing in a society where drugs were legal but crime was crime...carrying a stiff penalty of consequence.
Therefore the example of the pothead who being so paranoid and well taught...would shun away from any acts of criminal intent. The same would be true for people who chose a different drug of choice...people are free to determine what they will eat or drink or inhale or ingest...but it is the responsibility of the community to ensure peace is kept.
Justus Jehudi This type of thinking explodes more in depth studies of these drugs and their effects on the human body. This takes away the power of cartels to pay for executions. This cuts down on midnight robberies whereas someone is taken advantage of because the drug is illegal and sold to them by so called "thugs" and "drug dealers"/
Bringing these drugs out into the light and sold openly in public view is only the first step...Public education and moral fortification on criminal offense would also be necessary to transition the change. It's important for law makers in a free society to know what is criminal and what is not.
@Theseustoo Astyages indeed!
"Which does not give him any special qualification."
I like that Dr. Hart points out that someone being an addict or someone being in law enforcement gives them no special insight into drug use. Every fool who has been through 12 step thinks they are a fucking expert on drug addiction.
Everybody's body and brain chemistry is different and drugs react differently on everyone..
Exactly. I know a guy that smoked crack for a week, 7 days and on 8th day decided it wasn't for him and never smoked again.
addicts will stop if they want to too but they dont cause they need help with "withdrawal, carvings "stop those to first and then conseling etc.......
he really needs to understand the mind body connection! Dr. Gabor Matte
Talk about giving it up forever ♾️
money. yeah
hit sex ? I choose drugs I and am addict. but.... I love his talks.
brilliant African (American)
work in mental health/substance abuse for years and to this day , they do not know this information and if they did they would ignore it b/c of the money factor
Got a wake up call in realizing Philippine men used Meth to get the strength and stamina to work enough to survive, as the pay rates for labor are so low. Force Corporations to use their insanely high profits to PAY DECENT and LIVING wages to their workforce.
Mary Jane helps me.
Poverty being one of the main problems ,i would concur with that fact as i would say poor education, no hope or love and care would be others, a very honest man with heart, however the men he referred to "the men in power" who used drugs and they did their job he does not understand is that those men were groomed for the OFFICE regardless of their drug addictions and really not put in so called power by their drive to be there or by voters will, they were put in power by a men operating behind the scenes.
+Felix Bloxham Felix I agree with you regarding poor education, no hope etc. I am new to this debate- an unemployed criminal lawyer, (prosecutor) in Australia, I really want to move the drug reform here. Hence my interest in Carl Hart and others who point to complexities of abuse. My question is how do we explain the addiction of those who come from loving families, full of opportunities and support who become addicted, (mostly it seems to pain pills). My only answer so far, is that all is not what it seems with these particular addicts and they must be suffering in some other kind of way for join that 10% group who become addicted. I'd be interested in your thoughts. If I appear ignorant here, I apologise. As I said I'm new to this, but I need to learn. We really need to start rolling heads here in Australia to forge change. If anyone else reading this has ideas, I'd love to hear them. I'm not going to quit on this issue. Too many are suffering and dying here.
+alicia andsisters the issues here go far deeper than what is being delivered here ,The history of drugs and creating drug use dependancy goes back to the times when the ruling so called (elites)the Sassoon /Rothschild/Monsanto families in particular who were one of the responsible parties to impose opium upon the chinese culture after British had conquered her with the opium wars of the mid nineteenth century, the wars were basically trade wars and the out comes were addictions for the chinese people which was then expanded upon with the Kyber pass wars and the securing of Afghanistan for poppy growing which is still being done today that and oil are the main reason for the rulers to be in that area and also war make money and creates debt the more debt on a nation the more control you have over it .The Vietnam war was also about drugs which involved the CIA using dead US soldiers as donkeys to bring drugs sewn up in the cadavers back into the US to ensure an addictive society in the US ,i have first hand knowledge of this .The so called elites have been involved in the importing of drugs for hundreds of years to keep the masses dumbed down addicted and ignorant to whats around them .Just look at the drug aspartame which is being used as a sugar replacement ,people are told its better than sugar and it will help them lose weight nothing could be further from the truth ,it however is highly addictive and a neurotoxin being used on a daily bases by so called normal people mainly because they believe it is better than sugar and this nonsense is being told to the unsuspecting by other people with LETTERS at the end of their names, how crazy is this ? This product is being promoted by a company called Searle a subsidiary of Monsanto,and was allowed into America by the likes of Donald Rumsfelt. The processed food stuffs people are eating also have many chemical agents attached to them aspartame being one that create dependancies on the foods and hence the amazing obesity in the west especially in the US,this is also being done in the pet food industry so your cat or dog will not eat any other food stuffs.
How far Alicia and Sisters do you want to travel down this rabbit hole to understand the depth of the travesty to which the human race has been driven and that the politicians are apart of the problem because they have either been blackmailed into allowing these drugs and additive food products into the country or they have an investment in them being in their country, either way this is happening all over the world and the bottom line it is about population control ,population reduction and also for profit .
This is one very deep subject with many facets to it and draws in many aspects to this world and its perpetual governance over people .The deliberate dumbing down of people through mind numbing media ,poor education ,base level noise that is deemed as music today which keeps people in the primal sexual chakra and away from the higher frequencies of creativity and awareness is pervasive, hence all the pedestrian commentary on the talk shows display which discuss matters of no consequence and keep people longing for something else ,see John Taylor Gatto's book "Dumbing us Down "and any thing by Charlotte Iserbyt on this subject .I will also take the liberty of sharing two more book titles with you titled "The Fearful Master " a second look at the UN and The Creature from Jekyll Island both by Edward Griffin whom i made his acquaintance in 2000 in Mexico .if you want more correspondence please write .
@@desdicado999 I read all of this
Thank you so much.
I know it's been 6 years or so since you posted this but I would love to read more and would even be willing to find another way to reach out like Facebook, email, whatever is comfortable with you.
Thanks!
-Devon
@@unknownpresences5627 how can i assist?
Drugs are in fact the problem
they are not the problem. If mind altering drugs didn't exist people would escape and become addicted to something else.
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for a neuroscientist im surprised he thinks that the incarceration many young black males face is due to unjust laws but not the social and cultural aspects of their experience that guide their aspirations. if youd rather sell weed than reach your human potential than it doesnt matter what the law is, their foundational values have already set. we should be promoting better values, schooling and parenting that will make a much bigger difference, i agree the laws are counter and yea racism is still an issue from whites and blacks, but if you think that they are the root of the problem then you are deeply deeply misled.
The addiction religion is the biggest cop out in the history of the world.
Bruh....... just going to aa a few times completely discredits hart. Sure many users or addicts have jobs. That doesn't mean there isn't a problem.
Is there a population in drug-ridden areas who are able to hold a job? Has anyone rated Marion Barry on how WELL he "did his job?" This sounds like cheap n easy "knowledge" that is really just opinion and bad research.