Bluegrass Deac
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We know that meth and coke are addictive and bad for you. What else are they testing for?
"For those unaware of our campaign, we are focused on pressuring Wake Forest University to end their cruel animal research especially their addiction research which involves drilling holes into the heads of monkeys and injecting their brains with meth and cocaine. These animals suffer tremendously and there is no reason why they should be tortured when better technology and humane clinical research on human volunteers is possible. Please join us and be their voice. We will hand out fliers and do outreach followed by a silent protest. Fliers and signs will be provided as well as food and beverages."
A vegan tailgate party...Tailgate party?
We need Barry Lutz to intercede and facilitate a productive conversation about this Monkey Torture.
...money torture...
Most of the medically used cocaine comes from Mallinckodt. The cocaine and meth Wake uses for research comes from NIDA.Probably using it in some research settings. Hospitals might use it in some surgical procedures. It’s a very good vasoconstrictor so it’s helpful in some difficult to clot areas. All cocaine supplies used for medical research and in hospitals comes directly from the federal government.
The holes are for cannulas, which are used in order to directly inject drug into the brain as well as pulling out fluid to access. Cocaine and meth obviously cross the BBB but direct infusion avoids other major variables including differences in metabolism between animals. Addiction has many facets including initiation, reward, reinforcement, relapse, withdrawal, susceptibility, etc. The research is being done to access these aspects behaviors, determine which parts of the brain modulate the behaviors, as well as test for potential treatment strategies and addiction pharmacotherapies. There's really no other way to do it.I assume they are drilling holes in the skulls to permeate the brain blood barrier. Probably some valid science involved here, since many drug molecules don't transfer through. Might be helpful to have some basic scientific understanding here before leveling accusations of torture.