The Science of Addiction | Answers With Joe

Is it the drugs that get people hooked... or is it something else? The science behind addiction and how our drug laws approach it the wrong way.

Special thanks to Jac St. John at The Vegetarian Baker
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheVegetarianBaker

and Sarah Hardy of Sensational Finds
https://www.youtube.com/user/SensationalFinds

For their help with the intro to this video.

This was shot as part of the YouTube NextUp program in August, at the YouTube space in New York. The set was constructed for a series on Great Big Story starring Philipe Cousteau:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTvvvipgr9M

Check out the video Jac shot in the submarine for his channel!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2ibYkTy2Y
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Johann Hari's TED talk on addiction:
https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?language=en#t-870345

Portugal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/05/why-hardly-anyone-dies-from-a-drug-overdose-in-portugal/

Rat Park Comic
http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comics_en/rat-park/#page-1

Statistics from National Overdose Day
http://www.overdoseday.com/resources/facts-stats/

The science of addiction
http://www.shatterproof.org/pages/science-of-addiction

Portugal’s drug policy and its results
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/portugal-decriminalised-drugs-14-years-ago-and-now-hardly-anyone-dies-from-overdosing-10301780.html

Kurzgesagt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg

Nuggets (a short animated film that hauntingly depicts the process of addiction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUngLgGRJpo

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