Radio: “High sein” – Henrik Jungaberle on a new edition of the drug education book in Deutschlandfunk Corso

Drug education book

“For anyone who wants to get a nuanced picture”.

Henrik Jungaberle in a Corso conversation with Ulrich Biermann

Alcohol, coke, pills – the list of available drugs is long, and so is the list of addictions. “High sein (Being High)” is a book that takes a nuanced look at drugs of all kinds. “We have a very dysfunctional relationship with the people who use them,” author Henrik Jungaberle told Dlf.

“Being High” is a handbook for anyone who wants to get a differentiated picture of drugs of all kinds, of intoxication and addiction, of effects, side effects and risks. The scientist Henrik Jungaberle wrote it together with the journalist and former addict Jörg Böckem.

At the beginning there is a map, the map for “High-Landers”. A map that leads from the “here and now” to the jungle of confusion over the “ground of facts” to the “beyond of good and evil”.
“Finding the right path on the map is about finding a balance between reason and intuition,” says Henrik Jungaberle.

Continue reading on the Deutschlandfunk Corso homepage and listen to the show on the same website or on your cell phone in the Dlf Audiothek (app). This radio show was recorded in German.