Relative to drug addiction issues, I would highly recommend two books: 1. Blowing Smoke by a psychiatrist, Michael Resnicek, who takes on the controversial perspective that addiction is not a disease but, instead, an ingrained habit; and 2. High Price by Carl Hart whose research at Columbia University demonstrates that taking hard core drugs is far more of a rational vs. compulsive behavior pattern.
A terrific article about Hart's research, "The Rational Choice of Crack Addicts" was in the NYT's yesterday. As would be expected, this article also makes reference to the rat park drug addiction research. Joan Joan Warmbold Boggs [email protected] "What do you believe more about others: what you hear or what you see? One is reputation; the other is character." > > From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:50 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Rat Park drug experiment cartoon Stuart McMillen comics > > > > > > > > > > > Here is a fantastic way to present the famous "rat park" studies of drug > addiction to students who are not yet ready to read the original reports > (or, are ready, but need a little "priming" first to get them to do it). > http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comics_en/rat-park/#page-1 > > Full disclosure: I did my MA at Simon Fraser quite soon after the rat park > studies had been shut down, and I knew Bruce Alexander and Barry > Beyerstein relatively well at that time. I also think that Bruce's related > book _Peaceful Measures_ is one of the most sensible books that has ever > been written on the topic of drug addiction and its social implications. > Your mileage may vary (especially in the context of the neuromania that > drives much of psychology today). > http://www.amazon.com/Peaceful-Measures-Canadas-Way-Drugs/dp/0802027229 > > Warning: These studies may be considered "political" by those who are > "invested," one way or another, in the "war on drugs." > Chris > --- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================= > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=27948 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-27948-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-27948-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=27953 > or send a blank email to > leave-27953-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27957 or send a blank email to leave-27957-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
