Dr. Carl Hart

“we spend $40 billion a year on this kind of thing. Most of the money goes to law enforcement, prison industry, the sort of businesses that have been built up a…”

Hart claims the US spends $40 billion a year on the drug war, most of which goes to law enforcement and the prison industry.

“Fentanyl is an opioid, which is far more potent than heroin. And we worry about that when people take fentanyl and thinking that it's heroin because they may t…”

Hart, describing a specific overdose death case he reviewed, argues the toxicology levels of fentanyl and cocaine found in the deceased were too low to have caused death, implying the official cause of death was likely wrong.

“But to say there's this general principle where people can't drink, that's not true. That to say like there's this general principle where people can't drink t…”

Hart claims there is no evidence supporting the idea that some people are alcoholics who cannot drink without losing control.

“for you to relax like a little sniff of heroin is a relaxing thing. Oh, it's heaven. I mean, I'm chilled. It's great.”

Hart states that occasionally snorting heroin recreationally is gentler on his body than alcohol and helps him relax and be a better, more forgiving person.