#tedgloballondon

say to them i want to deepen my relationship to them

in the year 2000

what if addiction is an adaptation to your environment

water vs. water with heroine/cocaine -- a rat's choice episode no. 2. science experiment from the 1970s

water vs. water with heroine/cocaine -- a rat's choice episode no. 1. science experiment from the beginning of the XXth century.

rats and cocaine

this has been studied really carefully

if we start to absorb the new evidence, i think we're gonna have to change a lot more than our policies.

it's just

?

loads of incredibly basic questions i just didn't know the answer to

it's a century since we made this decision to take addicts and punish them and make them suffer.

the core of that message: has to be at every level: political, social, individual.