Background
Hart grew up in an impoverished Miami neighborhood, engaging in petty crime and drug use.
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Carl Hart
Edit Profilepsychiatrist psychologist neuroscientist
Education
Hart received a bachelor of science and a master of science from the University of Maryland. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in neuroscience from the.
Hart attended University of North Carolina Wilmington where he worked with Robert Hakan before attending University of Wyoming.
Career
Hart is known for his research in drug abuse and drug addiction. Hart was the first tenured African American professor of sciences at Columbia University. After high school, he served in the United States Air Force, which became his path to higher education.
Hart"s book, entitled High Price, was published in 2013.
The book interweaves anecdotes from Hart"s own experience with drugs and poverty with his modern research. He is featured in the documentary The House I Live In.
In September 2014, Hart was featured in an article about him and a video of a discussion he presented at a TEDMED event. Carl Hart has given testimony to the United States Congress" Committee On Oversight and Government Reform.
He has been featured as a guest speaker at TalksGoogle, The Reason Foundation, and The Nobel Conference.
Hart has also been interviewed or otherwise featured on Cable News Network, "Stossel" and "The Independents" on Fox Business, "All In with Chris Hayes" on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Reason television, "The O"Reilly Factor" on Fox News, "Democracy Now!", and the "Joe Rogan Experience".
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