High price : a neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society /

High price : a neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society /

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Author / Creator:	Hart, Carl L.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Harper, c2013.
Description:	xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Hart, Carl L. Hart, Carl L. -- Childhood and youth. Hart, Carl L. -- Drug use. Neuroscientists -- United States -- Biography. Ex-drug addicts -- United States -- Biography. Drugs of abuse -- Physiological effect. Drug abuse -- Social aspects. Drug addicts -- Psychology. Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation. Drug abuse -- United States. Substance-Related Disorders -- rehabilitation -- Autobiography. African American scientists. Drug abuse. Drug abuse -- Social aspects. Drug addicts -- Psychology. Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation. Drugs of abuse -- Physiological effect. Ex-drug addicts. Neuroscientists. United States. Autobiographies. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9278393

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Varying Form of Title:	Neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society
ISBN:	9780062015884 (hardcover) 0062015885 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-340).
Summary:	As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist--Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences--whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction. In this provocative memoir. he recalls his journey of self-discovery. He examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy--a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time. This powerful story of hope will alter the way we think about how we can effect change.--From publisher description.

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Summary:	<p>High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a leading researcher in the field of drug addiction, who grew up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and, determined to make a difference as an adult, tirelessly applies his scientific training to help save real lives.</p> WINNER OF THE PEN/E. O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD<br> <br> <br> <br> Young Carl didn't see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team. Today, he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist--Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences--whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.<br> <br> <br> <br> In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, Dr. Carl Hart 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. Interweaving past and present, Hart goes beyond the hype as he examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing.
Physical Description:	xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-340).
ISBN:	9780062015884 0062015885