Re: White House Medical Unit's Mass Order of Fentanyl Raises Questions

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Orders of significant quantities of drugs such as fentanyl by the White
House Medical Unit under the Trump administration have led to questions
as to why it procured the controlled substances and what they were
intended for. 

In the first nine months of 2019, the medical unit—which is responsible
for tending to the medical needs of the White House staff—made four
separate orders of fentanyl, two orders of morphine and a further two of
ketamine. In total, it received 34 packs of fentanyl over the period,
records show. 

The disclosure came in a scathing report by the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, released earlier this month, ­­which gave the
findings of an investigation which began in 2018 that came after
complaints were raised about an unnamed senior military medical officer
engaging in "improper medical practices." 

The probe concluded that the White House Medical Unit's pharmacy
operations had "severe and systemic problems" without oversight, and
dispensed prescription medications to ineligible White House staff. 

The Inspector General made a series of recommendations to improve
administrative scrutiny of the unit, which the Pentagon agreed with. 

Around a hundred times more potent than morphine, fentanyl is a
synthetic opioid which is used in a medical setting for pain relief and
as an anaesthetic. Morphine and ketamine are also used as sedatives, but
all three are controlled due to their illicit use. 

Fentanyl has increasingly become the leading driver of America's opioid
epidemic, with illicit supply thought to be smuggled over the border,
prompting calls from Democrats and former President Donald Trump for
tighter controls. 

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), fentanyl is responsible
for more than 70 percent of drug overdose deaths among U.S. adults aged
18 to 45. 

As the White House Medical Unit offers day-to-day care for the
president, vice president, their families and staffers, the procurement
of the sedatives, including fentanyl, has raised eyebrows. 

"This was just a clinic, and didn't do any major procedures which
required even moderate sedation," Brian Krassenstein, an internet
personality and commentator, wrote in an X, formerly Twitter, post on
Saturday that has since been viewed 3.2 million times. "The real White
House drug story wasn't the cocaine found under [President Joe] Biden
but the Fentanyl, Morphine, or Ketamine prescribed under Trump." 

"No wonder America's fentanyl problem exploded while Trump was in
office!" Grant Stern, the executive editor of Occupy Democrats, said in
a post on Sunday, since viewed over 280,000 times. "His 'doctor' was
ordering PLENTY of it for the White House." 

"For a clinic that doesn't typically do procedures [with] moderate
sedation they sure are ordering prodigious quantities of morphine,
fentanyl, versed, & ketamine," Nick Mark, a medical doctor based in
Seattle, Washington wrote. 

Newsweek approached the Trump campaign via email for comment on Monday.

The Inspector General report found that in the White House Medical Unit,
drugs including opioids and sleep medications "were not properly
accounted for" and that prescribers "wrote prescriptions for controlled
substances that often lacked the medical provider and patient
information mandated by DEA policy." 

It also questioned why the unit routinely ordered branded drugs instead
of their generic equivalents that were around half the price. 

The report did not name any individuals working at the White House
Medical Unit at the time and did not apportion blame for the issues it
uncovered. 

Newsweek reached out to Rep. Ronny Jackson, the president's physician
between 2013 and 2018, and Sean Conley, his successor who served until
Biden was inaugurated in 2021, via email for comment on Monday. 

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der-of-fentanyl-raises-questions/ar-BB1hqqyy