University Halts Cocaine Experiment Because Rats Were Shocked For Too Long

According to emails between USC and the NIH's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, the university halted a cocaine experiment because rats were shocked for too long.

A series of experiments at USC involving rats, cocaine and electric shocks has been stopped following a university investigation into complaints about lab-animal welfare.

The experiments involved laboratory rats receiving electric shocks as punishment for seeking cocaine, according to records from the National Institutes of H...

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