![]() Hart: It means that you have the right to live your life like you see fit, as long as you don’t prevent others from doing the same. Melathe: And the reason he wants people to read it is that he thinks there is one big part of American life where we aren’t allowing people to do the basic stuff that the document declares: to exercise the rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A rhythm of claps and percussion builds.) Hart: I feel like whenever I have these conversations-particularly when I invoke the Declaration of Independence-people say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” as if they know what’s in the Declaration, when, in fact, I know they don’t, because there’s no reason for you to read it, because nobody required you to read it. And he’s been on a crusade to get other people to read it too. Melathe: Carl is a big fan of the Declaration of Independence. Hart: This is the original promise to American citizens. ( A full, rich bed of chords, saxophone-esque and xylophone, softly emerges.) And so, when you read it as an adult, you realize, This is profound! Hart: It’s really important for us to think about the Declaration of Independence, because I was ignorant-like most Americans-and I hadn’t read it as an adult. Melathe: Carl’s a neuroscientist, but he’s recently become really interested in one of our founding documents. I am also a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Melathe: So maybe … Well, let’s just start by you telling me, uh, who you are.Ĭarl Hart: I’m Carl Hart. This week, we’re handing it over to producer Alvin Melathe.Īlvin Melathe: I want to introduce you to Dr. Julia Longoria: I’m Julia Longoria, and this is The Experiment. ( Synthetic whale calls reverberate in a lush, beachy, lo-fi environment-the sounds of waves crashing, the gentle hum of a passing car.) Engineering by Alexander Overington.Ī transcript of this episode is presented below: Use the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, or write to us at episode was produced by Alvin Melathe and Katherine Wells, with help from Gabrielle Berbey. This week on The Experiment: how villainizing drug use interferes with our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.īe part of The Experiment. In his book Drug Use for Grown-Ups, he argues that not only can drug use be safer, but that it’s our right. The Columbia professor Carl Hart spent his career studying the effects of drugs, and uses heroin himself.
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