To meet the criteria for clinical depression (called major depression in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), you must have five or more of the above symptoms over a two-week period. At least one of the symptoms must be either a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure. Keep in mind, some types of depression may not fit this strict definition.
Now add to that list of symptoms those that result from cocaine use.
Do we realy want this guy handling the nuclear briefcase? Our only comfort is that he doesn’t know how to use it.