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Drug Use for Grown Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear

Carl L. Hart

Why does the government arrest hundreds of thousands of Americans a year for using drugs?

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Author
Carl L. Hart

Why read it

  • You will weigh the author's argument that recreational drugs should be legally regulated and available for adult use
  • You will learn why the author says testing drug samples for contents and dose is a practical safeguard
  • You will question the common belief that drug addiction is a brain disease, as the author does

Who it is for

  • Reader troubled by drug laws and who they punish
  • Parent or teacher who wants evidence rather than fear
  • Voter weighing legalization on the ballot

Contents

  1. Author’s Note
  2. PROLOGUE
  3. Time to Grow Up
  4. The War on Us: How We Got in This Mess
  5. THE WAR ON US
  6. A CHANGE IS GONNA COME . . . OR IT WON’T
  7. RACISM
  8. WHY ARE DRUGS BANNED IN THE FIRST PLACE?
  9. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
  10. OPIOIDS IN AMERICA TODAY
  11. Get Out of the Closet: Stop Behaving Like Children
  12. LIBERTY MEANS RESPONSIBILITY
  13. Beyond the Harms of Harm Reduction
  14. “HARM REDUCTION” HAS TO GO
  15. OPIOID CRISIS: A CRISIS OF DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
  16. THE FENTANYL SCARE
  17. DRUG-SAFETY TESTING
  18. GIL SCOTT-HERON
  19. DOSE
  20. ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
  21. SET AND SETTING
  22. DRUG USERS ON THE MARGINS
  23. THE DRAWBACKS OF COMPROMISED DRUG-SAFETY TESTING
  24. Drug Addiction Is Not a Brain Disease
  25. Amphetamines: Empathy, Energy, and Ecstasy
  26. Novel Psychoactive Substances: Searching for a Pure Bliss
  27. MY INTRODUCTION TO NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
  28. BORN IN THE U.S.A.
  29. TABLE 1
  30. Cannabis: Sprouting the Seeds of Freedom
  31. TABLE 2
  32. Psychedelics: We Are One
  33. Cocaine: Everybody Loves the Sunshine
  34. THE BRAZILIAN PARADOX
  35. CRACK IN THE UNITED STATES: THE EPIDEMIC
  36. CRACK IN THE UNITED STATES: THE EPIDEMIC THAT WASN’T
  37. TOM THE LUMBERJACK FROM IDAHO
  38. NEW JACK RIO
  39. SUNSHINE TO BRIGHTEN MY DAY
  40. Dope Science: The Truth about Opioids
  41. THE EVENING OF WITHDRAWAL
  42. EPILOGUE
  43. The Journey
  44. MY FINDINGS
  45. A CHANGED MAN
  46. APPENDIX
  47. Death Investigation Systems by State

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