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I've been bothered by the notion that Ivins was some kind of heavy drinker and was taking prescription Tylenol (3?) for pain relief.
He shouldn't have been taking it, should he? If his liver was already damaged from alcohol, how much Tylenol (and Codeine?) would it take to put him into liver collapse?
Couldn't he have taken a lethal dose by accident rather than design? Apart from the toxicology report, what other indications are there that he killed himself?
Seems to me, from the chaotic nature of the leaks and the absurdity of so much of the "information" contained therein, there was no intention of charging Ivins any time soon, but maybe they would have tried some sort of splashy arrest and perpwalk closer to November just for show. Some of the information about the abusive nature of the investigation would certainly give rise to anger and resentment (to say the least). But the reports seem to indicate a complete personality transformation, but only in the context of his "theripy", if such there was.
Could it have been drug-induced? Or did this transformation occur at all?
