Beagle's on Cocaine? - Rand Paul's 2022 Festivus Report: Animal Edition

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Music: Hang for Days - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/A41A0XeU2ds

Beagle puppies injected with cocaine- that’s what the federal government spent $2 million dollars on in the name of research. It’s just one of many pork barrel spending items highlighted in Senator Rand Paul’s annual Festivus Report. Others include…
Injecting 6-month-old beagle puppies with cocaine (NIH) ………...........................$2,300,000
Verifying that kids love their pets (NIH)………………………………………..….$187,500
Using mice to study racial aggression (NIH)……...………………………………...$519,828
Studying the romance between parrots (NSF)……………..……………................…$689,222
Studying the social life and collective intelligence of ants (NSF)………………….....$675,000
Training mice to binge drink alcohol (NIH)……………………………………....$1,100,000
Watching hamsters fight on steroids (NIH)………………………..………….…..$3,000,000

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