Whittington Doctor: Many Accidents Involve Drugs & Alcohol

OMG, this is interesting!

Doctor: City high in drug abuse

ER physician says substances range from heroin to alcohol

By Jeremy Schwartz
When David E. Blanchard came to Corpus Christi three years ago to become the chief of the emergency room at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial, he was a 20-year veteran, having worked at hospitals in Chicago, Arizona and Victoria.

But it only took a month at the city's busiest emergency room to discover that Corpus Christi wasn't like the other places he had worked.

"Corpus is a city highly infested with people using illicit drugs," said Blanchard, 50. "Of all the emergency departments I've worked . . . this is probably the area most populated with drug use."

The doctor also sees a variety of people involved in overdoses or drug-related accidents.

Drug use is not confined to lower socioeconomic levels or minority groups, he said.

"Many people under the influence of alcohol and substances are working people or professionals," he said.

"They are functional to the point where you wouldn't notice they were on drugs until they are tested."

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Blanchard also said that alcohol abuse and alcohol-related accidents occur at a higher rate in Corpus Christi than in any of the other places he's worked.

One would think that if he sees so much of it, he & the local police would ask the victims and shooters in hunting accidents to submit to drug and alcohol testing.

One would think...

More on Limbaugh's, er, Whittington's doctor here.