A review by izzyruby
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know about Drugs and Society by Carl L. Hart

5.0

Second reading: The material came across like it was definitely by someone in the sciences, who spends a lot of time thinking about the mechanisms that influence human behavior. That being said, still an A+ read. The way he uses the personal to provide anecdotes is effective and reminds me of what Ibram X. Kendi does in how to be an anti racist but with an attention to our racist/classist understandings of behavior, drug abuse, and debunking the myths. A must read for anyone who:

1) provides health and human services
2) is a white person who uses recreational drugs
3) interested in understanding beyond just why the war on drugs is bad but in fact the result of racist propaganda and misinformation