[throwa_way_]

It's not really a well designed study and it's one that hasn't replicated well.

But people still love bringing it up, especially here on HN where people seem to think they know better than the experts on everything to do with medicine.

[andrei_says_]

Some sources on this? I’d love to read more.

[barrkel]

http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/25/against-rat-park/ has links, e.g.:

http://sci-hub.io/10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.391

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2616610

But there are other studies linked that seem to confirm it.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3696469

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18463628

Not sure where that leaves us.

[krisives]

Makes the guy who brought up sources look stupid

[lostlogin]

Not at all. Seeing what the OP has seen allows a better evaluation. I wish more online groups put more weight on sources.

[krisives]

Says sources discredit his point then provides sources that do neither.

[DanBC]

I agree that rat park isn't great.

But there are very different patterns of prescribing of opioids across the US and eg UK.

Why is this?