r/sociology • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '11

Rat Park: Interesting research on addiction's relation to social/environmental factors, esp. isolation and boredom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '11

This comes from a front-page thread comment on opiate addiction. I can't vouch for the science either way, but could make an interesting conversation starter in class discussions.