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If we take the recently publicized Rat Park addiction study as a guide, the problem isn't so much with the alcohol as with the social environment. If these peo
by Amadou 13y ago
If we take the recently publicized Rat Park addiction study as a guide, the problem isn't so much with the alcohol as with the social environment. If these people are abusing alcohol to seek refuge from excessive stress in their daily lives then it won't really matter all that much how the drugs are sold - we'll need to address the root problem of so many people feeling like "rats in a cage."
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130910-drug-addiction-the-complex-truth/all http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130910-drug-addiction-the-...
- DanBC 13y agoThe social environment in the UK has evolved to create "vertical drinking environments". You take tables and chairs out, so that you can get more people in. This also means that people are holding their drinks, which makes them drink quicker. You play loud music. It's hard to talk. So people drink quicker. You offer drink promotions, and stay open for long hours. This means that people drink more. Sounds like hell, but people drink lots.
- gahahaha 13y agoThe rat park studies were made in the late 70s, not recently.