12-Term Democratic Lawmaker ‘Showed Up To Work High On Morphine,’ Spent $51K On Psychic

Democratic Rep. Dawnna Dukes, a Texas lawmaker for more than 20 years who has been accused of corruption, once allegedly showed up at a House committee hearing and said she was high on morphine.

The 12-term state representative arrived late to a March House appropriations committee hearing and said: “I know I’m talking a lot. I’m full of morphine and will be headed out of here soon,” according to a court filing by the Travis County district attorney’s office this week, The Daily Mail reported.