Carl Hart Quotes
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Drug reformers get seduced by politicians who co-opt our language but who make no meaningful change. And when we don't hold politicians accountable, we contribute to harm.
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If drugs are bad, any respectable society should do something to deal with them.
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Politicians move when the public requires them to move.
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Drug reformers need to be hyper-vigilant. I understand that when you've been oppressed so long, so thirsty for truth, that when someone comes along and gives you a sip of water, you think that they're the savior. But in that water there may be cyanide.
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I'm the only tenured black faculty in the sciences at Columbia, in the middle of Harlem.
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My kids are really into social justice.
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When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes the expectation. People learn to become better criminals in jail and prison.