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Treatment of cocaine-addicted rats sparks ethics investigation at US university
From The Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2023
series of experiments conducted by the University of South Carolina (USC) in which rats receive electric shocks for seeking cocaine has been stopped due to a university investigation into the lab's ethical practices, according to local news outlet The State.
The experiment was funded by grant money from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), The State reported.
Citing email interactions between the university and the NIH's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, The State reported that the electric shocks were administered at a greater strength and for a longer period of time than had been approved by the NIH.
“USC is committed to upholding the highest standards in the ethical
treatment and responsible use of animals on its campuses,” university
spokesman Jeff Stensland said in the statement cited by The State. “All
research involving animals is highly regulated and subject to rigorous
approval and oversight procedures.”
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA, a branch of the NIH) awarded the
project a $248,216 grant in 2022, according to local news source Fox
Carolina. 2023 is the fourth grant in four years that the assistant
professor leading the experiment has received from the National Institutes
of Health, adding up to more than $824,000 since 2019.
A spokesperson for NIDA confirmed to Fox Carolina that the grant is still
active. However, the animal rights group Stop Animal Exploitation Now has
called for the experiment to be stopped permanently, sending a formal letter
to USC's president Michael Amiridis on May 10. The group called for the lead
researcher to be barred from animal research and called the research methods
"barbaric," according to Fox Carolina.
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