Surely, you have considered the myriad of pharmaceuticals that we deploy in our society. Perhaps you have considered costs as a taxpayer or cost increases in your health care insurance policy. I bet you’ve even thought about the use of psychiatric drugs in our schools, yeah I know it’s a touchy subject, and I guess diagnosing someone with ADHD or ADD or bipolar is a way to get them to take the drugs so they behave in class, but is it really ethical to do so? let’s talk yes?

Interestingly, as the debate continues, a new one emerges about the problems of illegal drugs, and one Ph.D. seems to think that if teens, especially African-American teens, are going to use drugs in the slums anyway, maybe, They need a little guidance so they don’t fry their brains, cause health problems, or die of cardiac arrest, stroke, or something terrible like driving under the influence and crashing their car, which could kill innocent bystanders.

CSPAN – Harlem Book Fair featured a televised interview on July 20, 2013 with Morgan State University’s ER Shipp, a journalist in residence and Carl Hart PhD and author of “High Price” explained to the audience that many people use our illegal drugs, but only 20% ever have any problem with that, and black minorities, especially men, are much more likely to come into contact with law enforcement because of racial discrimination, which explains why there are more African Americans in our prison population in a misrepresented state. skew.

He tells the audience that users can take drugs if they take small doses the right way. I strongly disagree with this whole premise and with Carl Hart PhD, but it is worthy of discussion, and his insights were interesting. The book, if you want to buy it, which I don’t recommend, and I’m really surprised I was able to find a publisher: the book is titled;

“High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery Who Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society,” by Carl Hart PhD, HarperCollins Publishing, New York, NY, 2013, 357 pages, Kindle e-version ASIN: B009Nf75MY .

For the record, I would like to add something to your discussion and that is; What are we doing as a society that seems to be pushing our young adults toward drug use, experimentation, and abuse as teenagers? Is there not a deeper fundamental question at stake? Look, I’m all about tough love and I like junkie excuses, still, maybe we should hear Carl’s side of the coin too. Think about this.