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Index
Cover
Also by Carl Hart
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Author’s Note
Prologue: Time to Grow Up
1. The War on Us: How We Got in This Mess
The War on Us
A Change Is Gonna Come . . . Or It Won’t
Racism
Why Are Drugs Banned in the First Place?
The Declaration of Independence
Opioids in America Today
2. Get Out of the Closet: Stop Behaving Like Children
Liberty Means Responsibility
3. Beyond the Harms of Harm Reduction
“Harm Reduction” Has to Go
Opioid Crisis: A Crisis of Data Collection and Reporting
The Fentanyl Scare
Drug-Safety Testing
Gil Scott-Heron
Dose
Route of Administration
Set and Setting
Drug Users on the Margins
The Drawbacks of Compromised Drug-Safety Testing
4. Drug Addiction Is Not a Brain Disease
5. Amphetamines: Empathy, Energy, and Ecstasy
6. Novel Psychoactive Substances: Searching for a Pure Bliss
My Introduction to Novel Psychoactive Substances
Born in the U.S.A.
7. Cannabis: Sprouting the Seeds of Freedom
8. Psychedelics: We Are One
9. Cocaine: Everybody Loves the Sunshine
The Brazilian Paradox
Crack in the United States: The Epidemic
Crack in the United States: The Epidemic That Wasn’t
Tom the Lumberjack from Idaho
New Jack Rio
Sunshine to Brighten My Day
10. Dope Science: The Truth About Opioids
The Evening of Withdrawal
Epilogue: The Journey
My Findings
A Changed Man
Appendix: Death Investigation Systems by State
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author
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