Holy smokes Owl--Wow bad stuff here methinks.
Seems your put in quite a position here huh?

First you must ascertain if this is all in "Ed's" head or if this really happened. Do you have proof beyond "Ed's" report?

I think you obviously know it's unethical, but I would have posted the same thing, as this would put me in the position of trying to decide what to do about it. I would need to solicit answers from objective outsiders on the issue just to feel better about myself and field my options.

The MAJOR illegal thing was that the Pdoc gave samples of medication to a friend of one of his patients so that the friend of his patient could covertly drug him with it. Not only is this dangerous, it is also committing assault. Drugs have to be prescribed by the doctor to the patient; not given to a third party for the purpose of

The secondary illegal things are surrounding the violation of privacy of the patient. The Pdoc had no right to share anything with his patient's friends. The correct thing would be if the patient was a danger to himself or others he should have committed him for psychiatric evaluation and stabilization.

He didn't do that for some reason, which has me confused. It's really standard procedure, and he failed to do that. Why? I don't know. As it stands, what he is doing now is illegal and he could possibly lose his license to practice medicine over it.

Does "Ed" know EVERYTHING now?

Honestly, I think the doctor needs to be reported, and the friend who slipped "Ed" the medication samples in his food should get their own head checked---

This is why blind obedience to authority figures is a really bad thing. The friends who secretly drugged "Ed" at the doctors request was "only following orders", and it didn't cross the friends mind that it would be unethical.

What are you thinking of doing about this Owl?
I'm really sorry you are in this situation. This would REALLY bother me.