Stimulus funds pay for monkey research in N.C.

[The Northerner]

Monkeys are getting high for science in North Carolina.

An analyst at the Civitas Institute seized on that image when selecting a cocaine addiction study at Wake Forest University Medical School as No. 1 on a list of the "10 worst federal stimulus projects in North Carolina." Civitas' Brian Balfour takes swipes at projects, writing that they "seem completely unrelated to avoiding an economic 'catastrophe,' but rather an ad hoc satisfaction of countless dubious wish lists."

So, what is the $71,623 federal stimulus grant paying for?

Well, a job, said Mark Wright, a spokesman for the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

"It's actually the continuation of a job that might not still be there if it hadn't been for the stimulus funding. And it's a good job," Wright said. "It's also very worthwhile research."

The study is examining the effects of cocaine on a particular neurotransmitter among monkeys who have had a long-term addiction to cocaine.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/08/89974/stimulus-funds-pay-for-monkey.html

[CoffeeCat]

1. I had no idea that...

George W Bush decided to donate his body to science.

For once that man is doing something unselfish!

[AllentownJake]

2. They really weren't that bright with this stimulus thing

I can write this attack ad.

Cocaine and monkeys and the US congress, kind of writes itself.