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u/8008lmao · 22 pointsr/canada

Bango. This is well documented in Dr. Carl Hart's thesis work on the topic. I suggest everyone to read High Price

The Coles Notes is he had one rat in a cage with no friends, family, or stimulus, and a bunch of cocaine water. He had another with a mate and activities.

Guess which rat consumed way more cocaine? The sad lonely bored one. Obviously.

u/obesityaddiction · 6 pointsr/fatlogic

As much as I hate huff-po, I actually agree with most of this (I just skimmed as I'm on my way to an appointment)

My absolute favorite proponent of a similar theory is Dr Carl Hart...(his book on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893 )

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u/amnsisc · 3 pointsr/LosAngeles

Let's see:

For a wealth of data but a perspective of addiction which actually disagrees with what I say (though they are selective in their interpretation) there's this:

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057272

The standard primer on neurobiology of addiction is this:

https://www.amazon.com/Neurobiology-Addiction-George-F-Koob/dp/0124192394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869508&sr=8-2&keywords=drugs+koob

For a biopsychosocial perspective, there's this:

https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Society-Human-Behavior-Carl/dp/0073529745/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869548&sr=8-4&keywords=drugs+and+society

By the same author but for a popular audience is this:

https://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869576&sr=8-1&keywords=carl+hart

Another popular, critical book:

https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Hungry-Ghosts-Encounters-Addiction/dp/155643880X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869570&sr=8-1&keywords=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts

Another popular take:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs/dp/1620408902


For the history of junkies in the us:

https://www.amazon.com/Creating-American-Junkie-Addiction-Research/dp/0801883830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869591&sr=8-1&keywords=creating+the+american+junkie

A global one:

https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Oblivion-Global-History-Narcotics/dp/0393051897/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869828&sr=8-1&keywords=in+pursuit+of+oblivion

Primer on Harm Reduction:

https://www.amazon.com/Harm-Reduction-Second-Pragmatic-Strategies/dp/1462502563/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869612&sr=8-2&keywords=harm+reduction

Primer on drugs and drug policy, quite neutral:

https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Drug-Policy-Everyone-Needs-ebook/dp/B0054ID9UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869623&sr=8-1&keywords=drugs+kleiman

A book on the legalization of drugs:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765701510/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Another, economic take, on legalization:

https://www.amazon.com/Drug-War-Crimes-Consequences-Prohibition/dp/0945999909

Sociology of drugs in the US:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199935904/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Psychopharmacology primer intro:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0878935347/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A criticism of the concept of addiction:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814747647/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Some more esoteric but interesting stuff on epigenetics, neuroscience etc:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849373913/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1


A great book on the anthropology of drugs (this author also writes a lot of smaller papers too):

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6614135-righteous-dopefiend

u/SickleInThePickle · 2 pointsr/ResearchMarkets

Should check out High Price by Carl Hart. It's technically an autobiography, but Hart is a neuroscientist known for debunking commonly held beliefs regarding addiction. He started getting recognition when he was unable to, in a laboratory setting, reproduce the media's exaggerated reports of methamphetamine effects. I saw him speak at a conference on addiction a few months back.

Some good people in the scientific community trying to give chemical health a much-needed shakeup.

u/backseatdevil69 · 2 pointsr/exmormon

I would suggest THIS BOOK by Dr. Hart. It's a fascinating read, but in the first chapter's references in the back he has listed 10 studies, a few form the Government, from the 1970s all through to the book's printing that says only about 20% of people who use drugs regularly count as "addicted" or problematic. There is some variation for individual substances (slightly higher for heroin, lower for cocaine/pot), but the average seems to be about 20... not really justifying your use of the word often, but yes, sometimes they can backfire or worsen.

The book is really worth the read.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/changemyview

There's way too much disinformation in this thread. OP, you're actually right. Alcohol addiction is worst than just about any other drug.





http://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5jMC8j7ElI

u/obsidianchao · 1 pointr/Drugs

Dr. Carl Hart's "High Price" is a fantastic novel. Also agree with many other posters here about A Scanner Darkly and Tweak. All three are phenomenal reads.

u/drunken_monk84 · 1 pointr/ForeverAlone

You might want to try one of those bad hobbies (depending on what it was situationally) as the experience/risk is likely not as drastic as you think. I was the same way as a 16-17-year-old but that was mostly due to falling for fear-mongering. If you would like reverse misconceptions the neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart would be a start such as https://youtu.be/wRK005AQcqY or his book https://smile.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893