double ewe
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An unlimited supply would be dangerous for me. When I was studying psychology at university, I remember reading about an experiment involving lab rats. The rats were given an unlimited supply of drugs (I think it was either meth or cocaine) and an unlimited supply of food and water. They totally ignored the food and water, and kept using the drugs until they died. I doubt I'd be any different!![]()
to elaborate a little more on that study:
there were two groups of rats given the choice between cocaine and food/water. one group was in a large cage with other rats, natural features, toys, etc. the other rats were locked in individual cages with nothing to do except self-administer cocaine or food/water. the rats in the natural habit with other things to do did fine. it was only the rats who were isolated that chose to self-administer to the point of over-dose.