An historical note on Darwin and nonhuman drug self-administration.
This note brings to the attention of readers a quote from Charles Darwin on the scientific implications of nonhuman drug self-administration. The quote is from The Descent of Man; and Selection in Relation to Sex (2nd ed.; C. Darwin, 1874/1998). Consistent with Darwin's prescience in many areas of science, he discerned potential scientific importance in voluntary nonhuman drug self-administration almost a century before that potential was realized in any substantive or systematic manner.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA. stephen.higgins @uvm.edu
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