That explains everything

Here's a telling snippet from the Washington Post:

[Colin] Powell described his killer schedule in an
interview Thursday with Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, a reporter for a
London-based Saudi newspaper. "So do you use sleeping tablets to
organize yourself?" Al-Rashed asked. "Yes. Well, I wouldn't call them
that," Powell said. "They're a wonderful medication -- not medication.
How would you call it? They're called Ambien, which is very good. You
don't use Ambien? Everybody here uses Ambien."

Everybody here?? I see. I went ahead and did some poking around, and here are a few of the potential side effects listed on the Ambien website:

A variety of abnormal thinking and behavior changes have
been reported to occur in association with the use of sedative/
hypnotics. Some of these changes may be characterized by decreased
inhibition (eg, aggressiveness and extroversion that seemed out of
character), similar to effects produced by alcohol and other CNS
depressants. Other reported behavioral changes have included bizarre
behavior, agitation, hallucinations, and depersonalization. Amnesia and
other neuropsychiatric symptoms may occur unpredictably.

Sound familiar?

Posted by flow Frazao on November 14, 2003 at 07:45 AM | Permalink