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While the government is busy claiming drug cartels are turning deadly drugs into candy, the government is also seeking to obtain deadly drugs in the form of candy. I am not making this up. Here’s Julia Ainsley with the details for NBC News.

The chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection pressured his staff to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September, according to a whistleblower report sent to Congress on Friday.

The whistleblowers said Dr. Alexander Eastman’s staff raised questions about why he would need to order fentanyl lollipops to take with him, and he answered that it was part of his duties to make sure that any injured CBP operators were cared for, making the argument that the lollipops would be necessary for pain management should an emergency occur.

read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/21/cbps-top-doctor-tried-to-obtain-fentanyl-lollipops-for-pain-management-in-case-of-a-helicopter-crash/

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[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 8 points 8 months ago

Doctors gave the one of the highest rates of drug addiction of all professions