Huffington Post: Cuts to "silly-sounding" research no laughing matter for scientists

Release Date: February 22, 2011 This content is archived.

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An article on the Huffington Post reports on efforts by House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa to defund research he finds objectionable, including research by R. Lorraine Collins, a psychologist and associate dean of public health research. Most of the funding for her research involving marijuana and malt liquor has already been spent, she said, noting that her research does not simply study the effects of the substances in conjunction with one another – it examines methods by which public health officials can limit such use.

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