ethical failure. more specifically, a number of managers, quote, frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives. in addition to getting high with the oil company people they were supposed to be overseeing, the bush administration's minerals management service also had its employees shtooping each other and doing drugs with each other, too, leading even relatively staid newspapers like the "houston chronicle" to lead stories this way. quote, a program director allegedly snorts crystal meth off a toaster oven. snorting meth off a toaster oven. in the bush administration, this was your minerals management service at work. employees whose job it was to regulate the oil and gas industry also took gifts from that industry, including staying overnight at an oil company-owned resort lodge, after getting too hammered with oil and gas company employees to be allowed to drive themselves home.