Re: Customs and Border Protection's top doctor tried to order fentanyl lollipops for helicopter trip to U.N., whistleblowers say

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The chief medical officer for the Customs and Border Protection agency 
repeatedly asked staff members to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take 
on a helicopter mission to the United Nations in New York City in Sept. 
2023, according to a whistleblower report by the Government Accountability 
Project.

The report was shared with Congress on Friday morning, and stated that 
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alexander Eastman allegedly "spent copious hours 
of his and Office of the Chief Medical Officer staff time directing the 
OCMO staff to urgently help him procure fentanyl lollipops, a Schedule II 
narcotic, so that he could bring them on the CBP Air and Marine Operations 
helicopter on which he would be a passenger in New York City."  

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid and painkiller driving the overdose crisis 
in the United States. Fentanyl lollipops are an oral version of the drug, 
and are used to treat pain, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. 
Chief among the Customs and Border Protection's duties as a federal agency 
is stopping the flow of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, into the United 
States over international borders. 

When asked why he would need fentanyl lollipops to travel to the United 
Nations' General Assembly meeting, Eastman allegedly argued that the 
lollipops would be necessary for pain management in case of an emergency, 
and were "necessary" in case a CBP operator was injured, or if the Air and 
Marine Operations team encountered a "patient in need." 

Over half a dozen CBP employees were involved in the "urgent" requests to 
purchase the fentanyl lollipops, the whistleblower said, with senior 
leadership in the office reporting concerns about the process in emails. 
Eastman's attempts to order the lollipops were unsuccessful because there 
was not funding available, the whistleblower said. 

Eastman then "proceeded to write his own policy" for the procurement, 
storage and disposal of Schedule II narcotics, the whistleblower alleged, 
after staff questioned the lack of such a policy. His first draft of the 
policy "initially omitted language regarding the storage and disposal of 
the narcotics." Eastman also allegedly removed language that mirrored 
existing policies from the Drug Enforcement Administration, then signed 
the policy. Eastman failed to send the policy to senior leadership for 
approval, despite warnings that not doing so could be illegal, the report 
said. 

With the self-signed policy, Eastman then allegedly ordered staff to order 
the fentanyl lollipops. However, the fentanyl lollipops could not be 
secured because a vendor could not be found in time, the whistleblower 
said. 

The report said that Eastman has previously been investigated by the CBP 
Office of Professional Responsibility for the improper ordering and 
procurement of narcotics, as well as illegally storing those narcotics 
with a friend. That friend, a paramedic and pilot, would have been the 
helicopter pilot during Eastman's trip to New York City, the report said. 

According to the whistleblower complaint, Eastman "created a hostile and 
chilled work environment" through attempts to "flout law and policy," and 
with his disparagement of other senior leaders and abusive treatment of 
other staff. The report recommends that Eastman be thoroughly 
investigated, and that he not be able to hire anyone or restructure the 
Office of Chief Medical Officer until the investigation is completed. The 
complaint also recommends that Customs and Border Protection halt any 
controlled substance purchase approvals made by Eastman. 

Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to a request for 
comment from CBS News. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbp-doctor-alexander-eastman-tried-to-order-
fentanyl-lollipops-helicopter-trip-un-whistleblowers-say/