NIH spent $2.3M injecting dogs with cocaine in experiment related to overdose research: report
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent about $2.3 million between 2020 and 2021 on an experiment that involved injecting beagle dogs with cocaine, according to a new report.
"The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential adverse cardiovascular effects that may result when [redacted] (test article) and cocaine (interaction article) are administered together to male Beagle dogs," the study obtained by White Coat Waste states. It also explains the experiment was designed to show how the effects of cocaine in the body can be altered with medication.
NIH has previously come under fire for its use of beagles in taxpayer-funded experiments.
"#BeagleGate just got bigger. Taxpayers should not be forced to foot the multi-million-dollar bill for wasteful and cruel 'Coke Hound' experiments in which beagle puppies are injected with cocaine just to fulfill burdensome and outdated FDA red tape," Devin Murphy, public policy and communications manager at WCWP, told Fox News Digital. "The NIH is addicted to spending and it's time we got this waste and abuse off of the taxpayer's back."