Mandatory Minimums

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“Mandatory Minimums”
The West Wing episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 20
Guest stars Marlee Matlin
Timothy Busfield
John de Lancie
Janel Moloney
Suzy Nakamura
Bruce Weitz
Kathleen York
Bill O'Brien
Paul Provenza
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Robert Berlinger
Production no. 225919
Original airdate
Season 1 episodes
  1. Pilot
  2. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
  3. A Proportional Response
  4. Five Votes Down
  5. The Crackpots and These Women
  6. Mr. Willis of Ohio
  7. The State Dinner
  8. Enemies
  9. The Short List
  10. In Excelsis Deo
  11. Lord John Marbury
  12. He Shall, From Time To Time...
  13. Take Out The Trash Day
  14. Take This Sabbath Day
  15. Celestial Navigation
  16. 20 Hours In L.A.
  17. The White House Pro-Am
  18. Six Meetings Before Lunch
  19. Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
  20. Mandatory Minimums
  21. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
  22. What Kind of Day Has It Been
List of The West Wing episodes

"Mandatory Minimums" is the 20th episode of The West Wing.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Contents

The President nominates controversial advocates of campaign finance reform to the Federal Election Commission and also proposes a new drug policy; pollsters Al Kiefer and Joey Lucas return. Toby spars with his ex-wife, Congresswoman Andrea Wyatt.

Robert Stutman, a former drug enforcement agent, who was participating in a PBS special, Drug Wars, commented 'The most intelligent discussion I've heard among politicians concerning the drug issue was on The West Wing.'

Bartlet: I'm sleeping better. And when I sleep I dream of a great discussion with experts and ideas and diction and honesty. And when I wake up, I think: I can sell that.

During Leo's talk in the Press Room, he incorrectly comments that Vicodin and Percocet are Schedule 2 substances. Although the drugs hydrocodone and oxycodone are Schedule 2 when in a product by themselves (as in Oxycontin, which contains only oxycodone), when paired with acetaminophen, as in Vicodin and Percocet, they are considered Schedule 3 substances. Such preparations are known as a Combination product.

For more information, see Controlled Substances Act.

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