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

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Carl Hart is a psychologist at Columbia University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:33) – The experience of drugs

(18:38) – Drug use for grownups

(24:21) – Studies on drugs

(25:31) – Negative effects of drugs

(30:59) – Should all drugs be legalized

(36:27) – War on drugs: positive or negative

(42:19) – Proper, positive, and misuse of drugs

(46:40) – Recovery

(53:34) – Drug depiction in movies

(57:05) – How the study of drugs changed Carl

(59:28) – Formative memories

(1:03:57) – Greatest hip hop artist of all time

(1:07:19) – What mind altering drugs teach us

(1:11:26) – Advice for young people

(1:13:31) – The meaning of life