The White House has a pharmacy – and it was a mess, a new investigation found

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A new Defense Department inspector general report reveals that a little-known in-house pharmacy at the White House erroneously dolled out prescription medications to staff and wasted $750,000 in taxpayer money.

One former pharmacy staff member told investigators that a doctor once asked if the staffer could "hook up" someone with a controlled substance "as a parting gift for leaving the White House."

The report, according to an article in Stat News, revealed that the pharmacy office dispensed controlled medications like Ambien and Provigil without verifying the patient’s identity.

Stat reported that in an office in the White House there was a sign that read "Pharmacy," but the people in charge of it insisted it wasn’t actually one.

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The investigation, which was published this month, was conducted by the Department of Defense’s independent Office of the Inspector General as the White House pharmacy is run by the White House Military Office and its associated medical unit.

The probe was prompted by internal complaints the DOD received in 2018 about a senior military medical officer, who is not named, engaging in "improper medical practices." It covers only activity in the office through early 2020 under the Trump administration, but investigators