Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. 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. ![]() At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist-Columb A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction.Īs a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. ![]() A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction.
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