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
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and Sarah Hardy of Sensational Finds
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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:
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Check out the video Jac shot in the submarine for his channel!:
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LINKS LINKS LINKS:

Johann Hari's TED talk on addiction:
https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari...

Portugal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...

Rat Park Comic
http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comics_...

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

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

Portugal’s drug policy and its results
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...

Kurzgesagt
   • Video  

Nuggets (a short animated film that hauntingly depicts the process of addiction)
   • Nuggets