Monkey Drug Trials (1969)
While animal experimentation can be incredibly helpful in understanding man, and
developing lifesaving drugs, there have been experiments which go well beyond the realms
of ethics. The monkey drug trials of 1969 were one such case. In this experiment, a large
group of monkeys and rats were trained to inject themselves with an assortment of drugs,
including morphine, alcohol, codeine, cocaine, and amphetamines. Once the animals were
capable of self-injecting, they were left to their own devices with a large supply of each
drug.