New allegations compiled by Senate Democrats from more than 20 interviews paint a damning picture of Veterans Affairs nominee and White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, including drunkenly crashing a government car, writing himself prescriptions, providing Percocet to a White House staffer, and being nicknamed the “Candyman.” The New York Times writes:
Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided “a large supply” of Percocet, a prescription opioid, to a White House military office staff member, throwing his own medical staff “into a panic” when the medical unit could not account for the missing drugs, according to a summary of questionable deeds compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
A nurse on his staff said Dr. Jackson had written himself prescriptions, and when caught, he asked a physician assistant to provide the medication. And at a Secret Service going away party, the doctor got intoxicated and “wrecked a government vehicle,” according to the summary.
The summary also claims that the White House Medical Unit Jackson oversaw “had questionable record keeping for pharmaceuticals” and “Jackson also had private stocks of controlled substances.” Other physicians in the unit were reportedly uncomfortable with the “loose dispensing of drugs” to White House staff.
Wow.
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