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Politics on the Edge: Drug Use for Grownups (and the Racist War Against It)

Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 133 South 36th Street, Basement Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA

JOIN THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY AND MITCHELL CENTER for a discussion with CARL HART (Columbia University), a preeminent expert on the effects of recreational drugs on the mind and body – and a leading opponent of the decades-long effort to eliminate this kind of drug use. Hart argues instead that, when used responsibly, drugs can enrich and enhance our lives. He is open about the fact that he uses drugs himself, in a happy balance with the rest of his full and productive life as a researcher and professor, husband, father, and friend. His new book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups, draws on decades of research and Hart’s own personal experience demonstrate that the criminalization and demonization of drug use – not drugs themselves – have been a tremendous scourge on America, not least in reinforcing this country’s enduring structural racism.

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Magic City Books 221 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK

Magic City Books is proud to welcome Dr. Carl Hart for an in-person author event to celebrate the paperback release of his latest book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. This free event will be hosted in the Algonquin Room at Magic City Books at 7:00 pm on Thursday, March 24. Joining Dr. Hart in conversation will be Mark Davis, Chief Programs Officer at Mental Health Association Oklahoma.

Reason Speakeasy with Dr. Carl Hart, PhD.

Caveat 21 A Clinton St, New York, NY

In a world where drug legalization efforts are on the march and the pernicious effects of drug prohibition on criminal justice, education, foreign policy, and racial and ethnic communities are being scrutinized like never before, Carl is breaking bold new ground on how we think about drug policy, substance use and abuse, and individual freedom.

Can Better Journalism End the Drug Wars?

Caveat 21 A Clinton St, New York, NY

A conversation about shifting the narrative with asha bandele (The Prisoner's Wife) and Carl Hart (Drug Use for Grownups)