High Price: Drugs, Neuroscience, and Discovering Myself

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A groundbreaking neuroscientist examines the relationship between drugs, pleasure, choice and motivation, both in the brain and in society. It aims to change the way we think about poverty and addiction, and what we can do about them. Zusammenfassung Examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. This title focuses on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs and explain why current policies are failing.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Hart, Hart Carl
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9780670919741
• ISBN: 978-0-670-91974-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 200 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; USA, popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Social discrimination & inequality, Neurosciences, United States of America, USA, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination