***NYT***: BREAKING NEWS- Ronny Jackson mishandled opiates and wrecked government car

[DemocratSinceBirth]

THE DIRTY:

WASHINGTON — 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 two-page document fleshes out three categories of accusations — prescription drug misuse, hostile work environment and drunkenness — that threaten to derail President Trump’s nominee.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/us/politics/ronny-jackson-veterans-affairs-nomination.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[democratisphere]

1. Apparently a drunken sailor.

Time to throw him overboard!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Apparently a drunken sailor (and) pusher

FIXED

[democratisphere]

3. OK. The Pusher!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Written by Hoyt Axton.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. The Needle And The Damage Done

[democratisphere]

11. Thanks DemocratSinceBirth! One of my favorite Neil Young songs!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.

[raven mad]

28. If this were an OP

I'd be reccing!#

[democratisphere]

29. Thanks!

Never had an OP, just replies.

[notdarkyet]

37. That song just popped in my

head too, when I I read this.

[Achilleaze]

18. freaking republicans and their deranged "family values"

...stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him...

[democratisphere]

23. Love that song and the visual lyrics by the Irish Rovers!

[JenniferJuniper]

6. What will we do with a drunken sailor?

Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Early in the morning

Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. GMTA!

[democratisphere]

13. Ahoy Matey!

Great song lyrics!

[MagickMuffin]

21. I was just singing this song yesterday

However, I couldn't remember the exact lyrics so just made up my own!

[JenniferJuniper]

31. making up your own is the way to do it!

It's a sea shanty, with a long history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_Sailor

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. For Dr. Candyman Ronny

[LanternWaste]

10. Had my first muscle relaxant scrip about four months ago

Had my first muscle relaxant scrip about four months ago and I can a) readily understand its addictive qualities: heck, I had to stop myself for asking for one more refill-- because I wanted it, not because I needed it, and b) have no idea how *anyone* can fulfill their daily duties when high on that stuff (and percocet, being a brazilian times stronger just has me baffled).

I've been high on some of the best weed in world, but the muscle relaxant was so unlike high-- I was content just sitting down, watching a blank screen on the tele for three hours, and writing the word's best novel in my head (when pen came to paper, it was on par with Dr. Suess, but without the meter, the rhymes, the moral or the talent).

Opiates. Damn.

[HopeAgain]

12. Self Prescribing a Controlled Schedule II Substance (Percocet)

is a HUGE red flag and illegal in some states (such a Florida). This doctor would be disciplined for the things he has done by most state licensing Boards. I know this because this is what I do for a living.

The big question in my mind is: "Navy, what the hell?" It's bad enough to not police their physicians, but to let him treat the Commander in Chief? This guy should have been thrown out of the Navy, not assigned to care for the POTUS. Somebody should have to answer for this.

And, of course, he should not be running the biggest medical system in the country.

[PCIntern]

14. Im a licensed dentist for forty years

A self-prescribed Rx for Percocet would be flagged instantly and in Philly I’d be placed on a watch list and eventually confronted or indicted depending upon what else I was doing. Inconceivable to do this.

[HopeAgain]

15. All the earmarks of an impaired professional here

I don't know the timing of all these things, but Jackson probably should be suspended from the practice of medicine immediately.

[PCIntern]

44. Absitively.

It’s the ONE THING YOU JUST DO NOT DO. period

[mucifer]

16. I have to ask why didn't someone in President Obama's admin fire his ass?

This is very disturbing!

[mountain grammy]

33. Ive wondered that too, maybe he behaved himself,

he was there for Bush and Obama,

[mucifer]

35. No the accusations were from 2012. It's upsetting if it was bush or trump I'd be angry

So I am angry it happened under President Obama.

[mountain grammy]

36. Yes, I wish Obama had fired this clown

The psycho right was always looking for any scandal with Obama and it was right under their nose.
Maybe the administration just thought firing him wasn’t worth the publicity, but who ever heard of this jerk until he bloviated about the idiot.

[BigmanPigman]

17. He is Dr. Ronny instead of Dr. Robert by the Beatles.

He will be handing out diet pills to the fucking moron like Dr. Robert gave "vitamin shots" to the 1960s speed freaks and celebs.

[Dave Starsky]

45. +1000 for Pugwash

They are probably my current favorite band.

[chelsea0011]

19. Well, on the bright side they caught this early so

trump wouldn't have to execute the Surgeon General.



http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-sessions-death-penalty-20180321-story.html

[lindysalsagal]

20. "Hiring only the best....."

[flotsam]

22. Starring Dr Jackson as the "Sugarman"...

[LiberalLovinLug]

24. that threaten to derail President Trumps nominee.

"threaten"
If this were a Democrat he'd be gone before we could even read about it.

[cstanleytech]

25. Trump has an interesting interpretation of what only hiring the best people means.

[grantcart]

26. He will be lucky to keep his license at this rate

could be court martialed

[Kittycow]

27. Meanwhile...

I'm peeing in a cup at the pain clinic at $151 a pop since the lab is out of network.

[MerryBlooms]

30. He should have been tossed out on his ass years ago. Unfit for duty.

[dalton99a]

32. None of this would have come out if he had said "No, I don't want to be VA secretary"

[Turbineguy]

34. Doctor Jackson

Could have just gone about his business as usual while everybody kept their mouths shut. But as a result of this nomination, he will likely finish his career. Perhaps he should.

Trump turns everything to shit. Get involved with him and it's only a matter of time.

[catbyte]

38. Oh, lordy. This guy's career is O-V-E-R. The Reverse King Midas strikes again.

[IMG][/IMG]

[dalton99a]

40. Yep. Everything.

[JohnnyRingo]

39. That's something I'd do.

Where's my high paying government position? I could pop pills better than anyone and wreck a fleet of cars if that's what it takes.

[DesertRat]

41. Dan Rather's take on Jackson

Link to tweet

Having just learned the meaning of the term "hot mess" I feel comfortable applying it to Trump's nominee to head the VA.

[NBachers]

42. The Louvin Brothers - Wreck on the Highway

"When whiskey and blood ran together"

[Scurrilous]

43. He sounds fun!!1!