Everything You Know About Drugs Is Wrong

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FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Strike Force, some of the marijuana plants the DEA said were grown by a woman from a wealthy New York suburb sit under the lights on a warehouse floor in the Queens borough of New York. On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Andrea Sanderlin of Scarsdale, N.Y., was indicted on charges that she grew thousands of marijuana plants in a sophisticated pot-raising operation. (AP Photo/DEA Strike Force, File)
FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Strike Force, some of the marijuana plants the DEA said were grown by a woman from a wealthy New York suburb sit under the lights on a warehouse floor in the Queens borough of New York. On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Andrea Sanderlin of Scarsdale, N.Y., was indicted on charges that she grew thousands of marijuana plants in a sophisticated pot-raising operation. (AP Photo/DEA Strike Force, File)

It’s not every day you read a book that blows the lid off of everything you’ve ever been taught about drugs, but Dr. Carl Hart’s recent work, “High Price,” does just that. Part memoir, part myth-buster, the fast-paced read details his journey from a violent Miami ghetto to the halls one of the world’s most prestigious universities.

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