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http://sub.garrytan.com/its-not-the-mor ... -addiction
Quote: Alexander's hypothesis was that drugs do not cause addiction, and that the apparent addiction to opiate drugs commonly observed in laboratory rats exposed to it is attributable to their living conditions, and not to any addictive property of the drug itself. He told the Canadian Senate in 2001 that prior experiments in which laboratory rats were kept isolated in cramped metal cages, tethered to a self-injection apparatus, show only that "severely distressed animals, like severely distressed people, will relieve their distress pharmacologically if they can." To test his hypothesis, Alexander built Rat Park, an 8.8 m2 (95 sq ft) housing colony, 200 times the square footage of a standard laboratory cage. There were 16–20 rats of both sexes in residence, an abundance of food, balls and wheels for play, and enough space for mating and raising litters. The results of the experiment appeared to support his hypothesis. Rats who had been forced to consume morphine hydrochloride for 57 consecutive days were brought to Rat Park and given a choice between plain tap water and water laced with morphine. For the most part, they chose the plain water. "Nothing that we tried," Alexander wrote, "... produced anything that looked like addiction in rats that were housed in a reasonably normal environment." Control groups of rats isolated in small cages consumed much more morphine in this and several subsequent experiments. |
Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:00 am |
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Rank: Main: Slevin Kelevra Level: 600 Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:15 pm Posts: 260 |
Shitty life syndrome.
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:20 am |
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That's actually really interesting. I'm going to show that to my Psych teacher.
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Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:27 pm |
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Griffin wrote: That's actually really interesting. I'm going to show that to my Psych teacher. its time to do meth... FOR SCIENCE! |
Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:37 am |
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He wondered what the effects on the rats would be if they were given water that was laced with more addictive drugs like cocaine or heroine.
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Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:16 pm |
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Rank: Peon Main: Curse Level: 5572 Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:37 pm Posts: 1479 Location: Equestria |
how does a rat take cocain? they can snort it?
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Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:28 pm |
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