One outgoing White House President Obama administration official was reportedly given 20 pills of Provigil as a “parting gift” from Jackson, one CNN source said.
Um, what the fuck?
Ambien on international travel is one thing, this is a drug dealer so casual and incompetent he doesn’t even collect on his fees.
The pills were probably physicians sample from drug companies – and he is most likely pulling down a pretty decent salary. Plus, it always helps to be Mr Popular.
Can’t wait to see what is served up for Trump’s “Parting Gift”.
Clearly this guy needs to become the Opioid Czar…
No guarantee that’s how they were used, though.
A yes man with an unserious attitude toward prescription drugs may also fail to be serious about medical exam results. He deserved neither the responsibility he had nor the position of responsibility to which he was appointed.
“only the best people!”
Curious. How else would one use Ambien except for inducing the most horrific night terrors imaginable?
Gee, that would be a stunningly stellar way to run and fix the VA.
A+ awarded to the President Dotard’s Judgement, and to the partying aging fratboys in the WH vetting office.
~Cough, cough, choke~
Is anyone surprised that President Sniffleupagus would want to reward Dr. Candyman?
I traveled overseas a lot as part of my job. So did many of my colleagues. The very idea that an on-site M.D. would hand out meds for our trip is laughable. No client would do business with a firm like that
In reading the article, I am catching that there is a problem beyond Jackson himself.
“We would just hand them out. They’d come in and say, ‘Hey, can I have an Ambien?’ And we would just hand them out. Without having to sign a thing,” a source who worked for Jackson told CNN. “We all had a huge problem with it.”
Sort of expecting that this will entangle more people than Jackson in review. We might not hear about it, since they are currently faceless, but I cannot see the medical staff and operation as a whole not coming under scrutiny now.
I have never bought the drug and alcohol free §resident myth. The man reeks of excess and has for much of his life. If all this is true about Jackson, it makes sense that someone who also hid his own problems would partner up with another.
Maybe THIS is why Ronnie was so ‘beloved’ by everyone in the WH going back three administrations.
Who’ll head the VA? Rick Scott?
Seriously. DJT is so 1980 that he’s likely got vintage sheets of Darvon hidden in his speakers.
Umm…
Oh, you meant in the patient.
Yet the government wants to make passing a drug test a condition of eligibility for various public assistance and jobs programs. No physician’s prescription in your name for what we found in your piss=no help from us.
It’s good to be in the King’s court.
This was going on during the entire Obama administration, too.