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Chron.com / Associated Press
07/23/2009
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07/23/2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Cocaine will be doled out to research rats at Texas A&M University as part of a five-year study on the drug's effects on the brain.
Barry Setlow, a professor in the university's psychology department, hopes the research will lead to a greater understanding of drug addiction, relapses and treatment, the Bryan-College Station Eagle reported in Thursday's editions.
Setlow said he got the cocaine from the federal government, which bought it from a company that produces controlled substances for research. He received a $1.4 million federal grant for the study.
"A lot of addiction treatment is getting people to stop using drugs. That has to be the first step," Setlow said. "People may choose the immediate reward of a cocaine binge instead of the greater reward of spending time with your family or paying your mortgage."
He said while he feels bad for the rats in the study, he feels worse for people who use cocaine.
"I feel a lot worse for cocaine addicts and their families because it's an enormously, highly, highly, highly addictive drug," he said.
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