Can we have Ben Carson take a drug test?

[Human101948]

He always looks like he's about to nod of into a drug-induced coma. If food stamp recipients have to be tested, shouldn't the same be true for presidential candidates?

[Orrex]

1. I get the impression that he's been cramming for a drug test

[jonno99]

2. Ha - my wife said the same thing. It's definitely not hard to keep up with him...nt

[jmowreader]

3. You mean you DON'T want a narcoleptic president?

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Actually, If He Was President. . .

. . .i'd be rooting for narcolepsy. Would minimize the damage he could do if he just nodded off all the time.

[KamaAina]

4. One wonders if he's fallen into the trap of whipping out the prescription pad for himself.

[Human101948]

5. This calls for an intervention...addiction is a major problem among doctors...

Perhaps this is why he retired at such a young age?

The idea of doctors as drug addicts is troubling. To think that your doctor could be high or suffering symptoms of withdrawal while treating you is terrifying. The unsettling truth is that doctors abuse drugs and become addicts at greater rates than the general population. There are many reasons for this, including stress and access to drugs, but there are also serious consequences. Thankfully there are physician health programs for addiction that can get doctors sober and back on track.

http://www.promises.com/articles/addiction/when-doctors-are-addicted-to-drugs/

Government studies indicate at least 100,000 doctors — or about one in 10 currently working — is addicted to drugs or alcohol. Some are performing surgeries while stoned, injuring and even killing unsuspecting patients, according to TODAY national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen, who found numerous cases of doctors busted for substance abuse.

“There are doctors out there right now under the influence of prescription narcotics as we speak, putting patients at risk,” said Dr. Stephen Loyd, a Tennessee doctor speaking from personal experience.

http://www.today.com/news/your-doctor-stoned-physicians-substance-abuse-problems-continue-work-1D79801891

[KamaAina]

6. Why are doctors allowed to prescribe for themselves?

Shouldn't they have to get another doctor to prescribe for them like us peons do?

[Vinca]

7. I heard him on a telephone interview today and he sounded overmedicated on something.

Very strange man.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Does Sominex show up in a drug test?

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