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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Go Ask Alice

 In the space of nine months, Cheeto’s White House Dr. Feel Good, Ronny Jackson, dispensed (quantity noted is in doses):

2490 Provigil (speed)
40 Morphine (opioid)
34 Fentanyl (synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine)
50 Hydrocodone (opioid)
20 Tylenol 3 (opioid)
30 Ativan (tranq)
3100 Ambien (tranq)
50 Tramadol (opioid)
2000 Zolidan (tranq)
200 Sonata (tranq)
20 Versed (tranq)
30 Ketamine (anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects)
100 Diazepam (opioid)
200 Lorazepam (opioid)
The report found controlled substances, including opioids and sleeping medications, were "not properly accounted for," in violation of federal regulation. The White House Medical Unit used handwritten notes to track inventory for controlled substances, which accounted for frequent errors, the report said. The report found the unit dispensed Ambien without verifying patients' identities and purchased brand-name Ambien, which costs 174 times more than the generic brand. The report said the medical unit also purchased brand-name Provigil, another sleep aid that costs far more than its generic counterpart. The White House Medical Unit also improperly disposed of both controlled and non-controlled substances, the watchdog found.
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Trump nominated Jackson to become the secretary of Veterans Affairs in 2018, but Jackson withdrew his name after members of Congress such as Sen. Jon Tester accused Jackson of loosely dispensing sleep-related medications Ambien and Provigil. (source)
Not that it comes as any surprise but our country was run by a crew of whacked out druggies for four years. Apparently that’s AOK as long as you’re a white Republican.

Whatever happened to Nancy Reagan’s obscenely stupid, ineffective and ridiculous (yet vaunted) Just Say No bullshit?

Much like abstinence-based sex education, Dare and “Just Say No” spread fear and ignorance instead of information, placing all responsibility on the individual while denying them the tools they need to make key decisions. As Reagan herself said when she addressed the nation 20 years ago: “Drug criminals are ingenious ... They work every day to plot a new and better way to steal our children’s lives.” It’s a shame the anti-drug programs of the period failed to show the same ingenuity when it came to teaching children about the very real dangers of substance abuse.

Instead we get “zero tolerance” policies, “drug-free zones”, cops in schools and stop and frisk, while cities spend $400,000 on public toilets designed to discourage drug use and Super Bowl ads market treatments for opioid-related constipation. (source

I guess, if you're a rich, white, Republi/Fascist you don't need to Just Say No. Instead, you place your order with the White Rabbit and remember what the dormouse said:

Feed your head
Feed your head

1 comment:

  1. The US has been run by a drug cartel for decades. Started by Rockeller 100 years ago, it is today called Big Pharma. How many drugs do you take and where did you get them? From your doctor, the new pushers. But they dont go to prison, they get bonuses.

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