Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #233

Carl Hart is a psychologist at Columbia University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:53 – The experience of drugs
12:57 – Drug use for grownups
18:40 – Studies on drugs
19:50 – Negative effects of drugs
25:18 – Should all drugs be legalized
30:47 – War on drugs: positive or negative
36:39 – Proper, positive, and misuse of drugs
40:59 – Recovery
47:53 – Drug depiction in movies
51:24 – How the study of drugs changed Carl
53:48 – Formative memories
58:16 – Greatest hip hop artist of all time
1:01:38 – What mind altering drugs teach us
1:05:45 – Advice for young people
1:07:51 – The meaning of life

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