adolescence

An interview with Carl Hart

Carl Hart, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Hart has conducted extensive research on the relationship between drugs, neurobiology, and the environment and has specifically done considerable research on adolescent drug use. This is an unedited version with Dr. Hart conducted over email:

How the memory of cigarrettes made me feel younger

Trying to describe my first experiences with cigarettes when it has been more than two years since I quitted is like asking an ex-alcoholic to remember how life used to be when he was drunk. I think I lost all authority in the matter and all I could now is talking about the past knowing than some how I am not the same. I put on weight, I had to learn to move my hands again, and when it comes to writing I had to learn to punctuate once more.

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