I am glad that people are trying to have a rational conversation about drugs. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Crack in the early 1980s or mid 1980s I'm sorry is that one of the worst myth is that one hit and you're addicted for life. We saw that in 1980s and we're seeing it again with methamphetamine today, one… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
If politicians did care about their constituents, they would work harder to seek out people like me. They don't. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
“If Barack Obama had come up in a time when the drug war was being waged as intensely as it is now, we probably… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
All of my childhood, we were on welfare. My mom received Aid for Families with Dependent Children - welfare. Without that, we wouldn't have… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Perhaps, for once, we should try interventions that are informed by science and proven to work. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
One of the things we know about people is that people are not very courageous in general. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
The notion that scientists are dispassionate - first of all, that's wrong. Scientists are extremely passionate. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
“Indeed, a great deal of pathological drug use is driven by unmet social needs, by being alienated and having difficulty connecting with others. The” — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I don't want to be on the bandwagon of dogging any president or anybody in positions where they have all these different constituencies. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Dopamine makes up less than one percent of the brain's neurotransmitters. It's a small portion. Dopamine is released when people are happy, angry, stressed.… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Your decision to place your law enforcement resources in these communities is racism, but nobody has called people out on this. The law itself… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
