Monkey Drug Trials
Why is this unethical?
what could have been done
- Monkeys had no say in taking the drugs which are harmful physically, emotional, and mentally.
- Just by watching the effects of drugs is not a good enough reason to put monkeys through pain and suffering.
- The study all had to have ended in death, because one cannot help an addicted monkey.
- Knowing this its unethical because they are living beings, and don't deserve to die for an experiment
- More stable environment
- Done with more care
- More concern for monkey's
Was The Ethical Behavior Needed?
- Unethical behavior was needed.
- Results wouldn't be the same, done ethically.
Results
- These test showed that the monkeys suffered from withdrawal pains
- In some cases they died of overdose
- The monkeys also hurt themselves (they would rip skin of or break their limbs)
Monkey Drug Trials 1969
- The experiment was to see if monkeys could get addicted to certain drugs.
- The monkeys were injected with cocaine, morphine, and amphetamines.
- Their behavior was observed by scientists
- The key motivations was the psychological dependence, similar to humans.