(Raleigh, NC) -- Turns out stimulus dollars can benefit monkey business too. A Raleigh "News & Observer" report shows more than 71-thousand dollars in federal stimulus cash is keeping monkeys at a North Carolina research lab in a steady supply of cocaine. The Wake Forest University lab studies the impact of long-term addiction by chronicling the effect of the drug on a specific neurotransmitter. Wake Forest spokesman Mark Wright says the cash is perfectly justified, saying it saved the researcher's job. Brian Balfour with the Civitas Institute sees it a little differently. He says the project doesn't help Americans recover from financial hardship, but simply satisfies what he calls a "dubious" wish list.
