Former Minnesota governor blasts Regents for faulty oversight of drug research, State Senator asks for delay in new appointments

Minnnesota state Senator Terri Bonhoff has asked the Senate leadership to delay all appointments to the Board of Regents until the the Office of the Legislative Auditor completes its review of the university’s troubled psychiatric research program.

Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson sent legislators a blistering letter last week, accusing the Board of Regents of refusing to review what they “clearly knew was a troubled area” and “perpetuating the myth of numerous and extensive investigations” into research misconduct at the university.

You can see Governor Carlson’s letter here.