David Reimer 1965-2004

              David Reimer was a boy who'se penis was burned off during the circumcision process. His parents then decided that instead of telling david what had happened, they would change his sex. This was decided with the help of psychologist John Money, who'se intentions were to conduct a study about how "nurture, not nature, determined gender identity." After davids sex change, to his knowledge he was a girl. A girl struggling through life, very confused about why her interests were that of a boys. Her family was falling apart, not knowing why, but the parents finally told her what had happened. David decided to get another sex change, and a reconstructed penis. Dr. Money  had debriefed the study a success. David committed suicide at 38 for obvious reasons.
             This experiment is unbelievably unethical. Not only did it take over david's entire life, causing his entire family to lie to him, on top of gender identity and sexuality issues. Which are a struggle enough by itself, but he had lived many years of his life 100 percent believing he was a girl and then to be informed that you were originally a male would be shocking life changing news. To know that your own parents know is unforgivable, and unbareable. No wonder david committed suicide at 38, he had experienced a exceptional amount of trauma physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and individually. This experiment is absolutely apalling, on top of keeping no confidentiality and for the sake of just knowing that a person can just take on the traits of a gender by thinking they are that gender. WHICH by the way this experiment proves was UNSUCCESSFUL.

Monkey Drug Trials- Unethical Study

          In the Monkey Drug Trials conducted in 1969, was an animal experiment involving the addiction of drugs, and how man (monkey) respond to drugs when given to them freely. The monkeys were taught how to use (abuse) the drugs, and after the monkeys knew how to do it themselves were left with a supply of each drug.  The monkeys then suffered side effects of drug addiction. The drugs given to them were morphine, alcohol, codeine, cocaine, and amphetamines. This drugs are not to be taken lightly and the fact that these monkeys were taking them forcefully and suffering through possible drug overdose, or hallucinagenic episodes called "bad trips" which mess up the human psyche. Considering the monkey is closely related, I would guess that bad trips would also cause damage to the monkey psyche. If it hadn't the monkeys wouldn't have suffered convulsions from cocaine, or suffered from breaking their arm caused by trying to esacape, some tore off fingers (possibly from the hallucinagenic "bad trip"), some ripping their own coats off, and some suffering death.

         The experiment was conducted for the sole purpose of watching the effects of drug use and addiction take place. Which is not only unethical, but the experiment could have been conducted on current addicts. I'm sure if the experiment was paid for, the addicts would have no problem becoming a subject. If they're real addicts they would do anything for some money for more drugs, including a study of the addiction of drugs. I think this experiment is unethical for obvious reasons, but let me state them for you.

1. The monkeys had no say in taking the drugs which are harmful physically, emotionally, and mentally.
2. The reason of simply "just watching the effects of drugs" is not a good enough reason to put monkeys through torture and in harms way.
3. The results of the study all had to have ended with death, because one can not help a "recovering addict monkey". They cannot take AA or therapy.
4. Lastly, knowing they all must have died means they were only alive for one reason, the experiment, which is completely unethical. They are living beings.