Censorship of addiction research is an abuse of science

Nature International Weekly Journal of Science

Researchers must stand up to funders that insist on gagging clauses.

Kypros Kypri was pleased to receive funding from a government agency in the Australian state of New South Wales to study problem drinking. But when the contract arrived in 2012, he was surprised to find a demand that the agency could review and sign off on any reports before they were published. Other language allowed the agency to terminate funding without notice or explanation.