What do you do when you're a scientist and you have no job and no money for your research? If you're Ethan Perlstein, you try crowd funding. He raised $25,000 to investigate where the drug methamphetamine is stored in the brain.
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:
You've heard of entrepreneurs raising money online to start a business. Well, say you're a scientist studying how drugs affect the brain. You need money for the research so you make a video asking for donations and post it to YouTube. That's not exactly how science is supposed to work.
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