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NORMAN J CLEMENT RPH., DDS, NORMAN L. CLEMENT PHARM-TECH, MALACHI F. MACKANDAL PHARMD, BELINDA BROWN-PARKER, IN THE SPIRIT OF JOSEPH SOLVO ESQ., INC.T. SPIRIT OF REV. C.T. VIVIAN, JELANI ZIMBABWE CLEMENT, BS., MBA., IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HON. PATRICE LUMUMBA, IN THE SPIRIT OF ERLIN CLEMENT SR., WALTER F. WRENN III., MD., JULIE KILLINGWORTH, LESLY POMPY MD., CHRISTOPHER RUSSO, MD., NANCY SEEFELDT, WILLIE GUINYARD BS., JOSEPH WEBSTER MD., MBA, BEVERLY C. PRINCE MD., FACS., NEIL ARNAND, MD., RICHARD KAUL, MD., IN THE SPIRIT OF LEROY BAYLOR, JAY K. JOSHI MD., MBA, ADRIENNE EDMUNDSON, ESTER HYATT PH.D., WALTER L. SMITH BS., IN THE SPIRIT OF BRAHM FISHER ESQ., MICHELE ALEXANDER MD., CUDJOE WILDING BS, MARTIN NJOKU, BS., RPH., IN THE SPIRIT OF DEBRA LYNN SHEPHERD, BERES E. MUSCHETT, STRATEGIC ADVISORS
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L. JOSEPH PARKER, MD.
“ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE LAW OR THE SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW?”
The DOJ press release said, “These companies have a legal obligation to account for every dose and every pill to protect the safety and health of the American people … As we continue to face an unprecedented drug poisoning and overdose epidemic in the United States, which took 110,757 lives last year (2022) alone, DEA will continue using every available tool to prevent the diversion and misuse of opioids and other highly addictive controlled substances.”
A recent New York Times opinion piece detailed a lack of pain medications available. While the DEA claims that it is not purposefully restricting legitimate medication availability, even the names of its own operations belie this statement.
On Halloween 2023, the DEA launched Operation “Bottleneck,” serving immediate suspension orders to six large pharmaceutical supply companies. These companies were accused of having failed to account for “a million doses” of opioids without stating over what period of time or what percent of its operations this compromised.(1)
However, this extreme dedication to opioid accounting accuracy does not apply to the government. It turns out that while the U.S. government was locking up over a thousand doctors for practicing medicine in a way the DEA didn’t like, the most blatant criminal prescribing was happening under its direct control.(2)
So far, they’ve chosen to do nothing about it. According to Reuters, the White House Medical Unit did not comply with federal guidelines as it doled controlled medications like candy stores. Some of it seems mild.
It turns out that from 2017 to 2019, as the federal government was trumpeting its dedication to the war on drugs, the White House spent $98,000 on Provigil, a stimulant that keeps you awake, and another $46,500 on Ambien because, as most rock stars know, if you use an upper to keep going, you’ll need a downer to get some sleep later.(3)
We can certainly understand why the twenty-four-hour White House schedule might leave the staff needing these, but they went name-brand instead of generic, which would have saved a lot of money. But these are schedule IV medications, and that was just the start of this scandal.
It turns out that while American citizens and physicians were being targeted for daring to need or prescribe pain medications, those in power had access to an unlimited supply of fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, and hydrocodone.
Not only was this done without valid prescriptions or records but, in many cases, without annotation as to who was getting the medication.
Now, I can understand having classified records for the president and cabinet so our national enemies won’t know when they are off their game, especially when both candidates right now are octogenarians, but that’s not what this is about.
According to the Inspector General’s report, complaints were made that a senior military medical officer was engaged in improper medical practices. Now, it is important to understand that most such complaints are made by disgruntled patients who were denied what they wanted or by angry staff members out for revenge over some workplace slight, but all must be looked into, and these were.
Site visits were accomplished, and over 120 officials were interviewed, including administrators, providers, and pharmacists.
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DOD OIG REPORT, JANUARY 8, 2024
The White House Medical Unit was found to have severe and systemic problems that had been overlooked by senior leaders, allowing ineffective controls and compliance to become standard operating procedures White House Medical Unit’s inventory records, we concluded that White House Medical Unit’s controlled substance records did not accurately reflect the unit’s procurement, inventory, or disposal of controlled substances. The White House Medical Unit providers’ prescribing practices did not comply with the Code of Federal Regulations and DEA policy.
1.The White House Medical Unit Implemented Prescribing Practices That Did Not Comply with the Code of Federal Regulations and DEA Policy
The White House Medical Unit providers’ prescribing practices did not comply with the Code of Federal Regulations and DEA policy. We reviewed White House Medical Unit guidance on prescribing practices, DEA requirements for written prescriptions, and White House Medical Unit prescriptions. DEA policy requires that prescriptions for controlled substances contain the patient’s full name and address, as well as the name, address, and DEA registration number of the prescribing practitioner. The DEA policy also states that practitioners serving in the U.S. military must state their Service branch on controlled substance prescriptions as well as their Service identification number instead of a DEA registration number.
2. We concluded that the White House Medical Unit’s internal policy for controlled substance prescriptions was insufficient to meet the DEA requirements for controlled substance prescriptions, omitting the requirements for patient address and practitioner address, branch of Service, and Service identification number. We requested examples of White House Medical Unit provider prescriptions, and White House Medical Unit officials provided us with 11 examples of controlled substance prescriptions. We concluded that none of the prescriptions met all the DEA requirements for written prescriptions nor did they meet the requirements of White House Medical Unit’s Controlled Substances Inventory and Management Policy.19 In particular, the provider’s full name, address, Service branch, and Service identification number were missing from the prescriptions we reviewed. 19 WHMU SOP 20-08, “Controlled Substances Inventory and Management Policy,” August 30, 2019. (see Findings DODIG‐2024‐044 │ 15 )
3.White House Medical Unit officials redacted all patient information on the prescription examples they provided, so we were unable to determine whether the prescriptions met the DEA’s patient‐specific information requirements. Figure 4 demonstrates three examples of prescriptions for controlled substances that are missing information required by the DEA. The first example is missing the date and patient’s address, the second example is missing all of the provider’s information except the signature, and the third example is missing the provider’s address and DEA or Service number. (See Findings OIG DOD report pg 16)
COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE NASAL SOLUTION 4%
The OIG found that, except for the White House Medical Unit, all executive medical clinics had avoided procuring, storing, or dispensing controlled medications, relying instead on military treatment facilities for this responsibility.
All of these had functioned in accordance with Department of Defense regulations regarding controlled medications. But not the White House.
Dr. Tennant is a member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Academy of Integrative Pain Management, the American Pain Society, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has authored over 300 scientific articles and books.
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The White House Medical Unit was found to have severe and systemic problems that had been overlooked by senior leaders, allowing ineffective controls and compliance to become standard operating procedures, “increasing the risk of diversion of controlled substances.”
Civilian physicians charged with this transgression have been given decades and even life in prison, with U.S. attorneys gleefully pontificating about the “violation of their oath.” Where are they now when it’s one of their own?
We have known since the 1980s that the war on drugs was really a war on certain people in our society, mainly black people, but later, any poor white person was fair game also, but not the rich ones. Crack cocaine, predominantly used by the poor and minorities, was punished at 100 the rate of powder cocaine used by the elites and wealthy.
Rush Limbaugh becomes addicted to oxycodone, and he’s a victim, later getting the Medal of Freedom. A poor single mother falls victim to the same drug, and she’s a worthless addict, sent away from her children into a dark cell for decades. But there’s something I want you to look at with me.
On page 24 of the 80-page report, it seems to show that cocaine hydrochloride was available to be dispensed.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is only used for certain rhinoplasty procedures. Why would it even be there? Maybe it’s on all the controlled medication forms, but it wasn’t stocked. Let’s look further.
I see Provigil on the next page as a mild stimulant that’s not equivalent to meth or anything, but on the next line, we see what looks like 200 mg of liquid morphine dispensed. And on the line after that, 200 micrograms of fentanyl.
Who got shot or was dying from cancer?
Then, some hydrocodone and, a few lines further down, 500mcg of fentanyl!
Here I am looking at prison time for giving a veteran with spinal fractures oxycodone, and someone in the White House is walking off with 500 mcg of fentanyl.
Someone must have fallen through the hidden trapdoor in the Oval Office into the secret acid pool and suffered almost full-body burns. Poor soul. Then some Ativan and 800 Ambien pills? That seems a bit much.
However, I see further down that 100,000 mg of Provigil was dispensed. That guy would have needed some serious amounts of Ambien to sleep again. Maybe I’m misreading this. Double-check me.
The report goes on to say that DEA policy requires that prescriptions for controlled substances contain the patient’s full name and address as well as the prescribing practitioner’s name, address, and DEA registration number.
If a military member, the prescription must also state their service branch and service ID number instead of a DEA number.
The prescriptions in question here omitted much of this. None of the 11 prescriptions examined met all the DEA requirements. Out of thousands of prescriptions I reviewed from several years of practice, all of them complied fully.
Strange disparity. Some White House prescriptions had a signature and nothing else to identify the prescriber. And like most physician signatures, it looks like someone was shot just as they started writing.
WHICH ONE DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY?
The report concluded that “the White House Medical Unit dispensed non-emergency, controlled medications like Ambien and Provigil without verifying the patient’s identity” and “also dispensed Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances, which were generally outside the scope of outpatient care.”
Well, that settles it.
It was clearly criminal behavior. I’ll be breathlessly watching my television to see the Bearcats rolling up the White House lawn, the doors kicked in, machine guns pointed at everyone in the vicinity, and the staff forced to crawl out on their hands and knees as Dr. Hansen did because, after all, no one is above the law, right?
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