Much of our shared understanding about drugs and addiction came from a series of studies done in the 1950s and 60s on lab rats. But a skeptical researcher has designed his own study that involves, well… essentially an amusement park for rats, and the surprising results may show that everything we think we know about addiction is all… wrong.
What do you think – should we be approaching substance abuse differently? Would loosening our drug laws help end mass incarceration or lead to more violence and drug addiction? Should we approach marijuana differently than heroin or cocaine? Let us know what you think in the comments and check out other freethink wrong videos – and subscribe for more great series as well.
