Posted on 12/26/2003 4:21:34 AM PST by logic101.net
THE PERSECUTION OF RUSH GOES ON MARK A SITY 12/26/03
Years ago, Brett Favre had a problem with pain killers. He was buying them illegally after a prescription ran out for after an injury that still hurt. He became addicted. After the news came out, he apologized to his fans, went into treatment, and all was right with the world. Not a soul seems to be interested in investigating Ozzy Osbourne’s drug use, but there might be a reason for this. Ozzy seems to be attempting to prove the theory of evolution by devolving into lower forms of life before our eyes. Ozzie is an interesting scientific experiment.
Yet, Rush Limbaugh is reported to have a problem with an addiction to pain killers, admits it and goes into treatment, and all is still not right with the world. Rumors are reported first that he’s part of a drug ring investigation. Ok, it seems this is true in that his name turned up as a customer. Then rumors were reported that he was buying these prescription pain killers in 1000+ lots. Then rumors were reported that he was involved in selling the drugs (like he really needs the money!). Then it was money laundering. Now he is under investigation for the very serious crime of “DOCTOR SHOPPING”. It seems this is a huge crime in Florida.
This makes me wonder. If I take my family to Florida for a vacation, and our daughter hurts herself, let’s say she hurts her leg. Being from Wisconsin we wouldn’t know who the good FL doctors are and who the quacks are. We’d probably take her to the closest doctor. So let’s say we get Dr Quack. Dr Quack takes her into the X-ray room, and comes out with an X ray showing a hairline fracture in her calf bone. We would assume a leg cast is in order. Dr Quack comes back with not the plaster cart, but a laughing gas cart and then pulls out a big meat saw. Dr Quack tells us he will have to amputate her leg for the hairline fracture. If we decide to take her out of the office (with both legs attached) and look for a second opinion are we in violation of FL law for “DOCTOR SHOPPING”?
I don’t claim to have any inside information on Rush’s situation, but drawing on what he has said, it seems that he had a painful back problem and went to Dr Quack. Dr Quack recommended surgery. Dr Quack messed up the surgery. Dr Quack prescribed a pain killer to Rush for temporary relief of a long term problem. Dr Quack’s prescription ran out on Rush, leaving him in debilitating pain. Rush knew the pain killer could allow him mobility, and Dr Quack offered no option other than permanent debilitating pain for the rest of his natural life. It seems to me that Rush should have been “doctor shopping” a long time ago!
Why is Rush on trial here, without even any charges being filed? Shouldn’t Dr Quack be the one being investigated for leading an innocent victim down the path of lawlessness and drug use? Where is the AMA? Could it be that they, along with the press have an anti-Rush agenda? Nah, couldn’t be. If I believed that I’d be one of the black helicopter conspiracy types then, wouldn’t I?
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This statement is simply untrue. OxyContin is the most addictive drug there is. You don't need to abuse it in order to become addicted.
Excellent post. It would make me proud of him. The way he's acting now, it looks like he's going to go down whining like a flaming liberal.
And it's a good idea to not to show your foaming mouth agenda also. Rush admitted his addiction, went to treatment, and should be treated like any other first time non-violent, non-trafficking offender, who has gone to treatment, but what the hey there are agendas to harp on.
So enlighten me. What point did I miss? I will assume your newbie status is responsible for the leftist comment so I'll ignore it and not hunt you down (just kidding) so please shed some light on my poor benighted mind.
Hey, if there ain't nothin there, what's to worry.
I guess you haven't read much of what I have written.
I rarely defend the words of Hannity, because I think Hannity is an idiot. His arguments for causes I believe in almost always embarrass me.
I do agree with Rush more often than not, and I do like his presentation. But I don't have any illusions about him. Though quite intelligent, Rush is essentially uneducated and sometimes this leads to weakness in his arguments. I particularly disagree with him regarding TWA800, and I'm not happy that he essentially allowed himself to be silenced as regards Vince Foster.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with the topic at hand which I believe to be an attempt by people on the left to use State power to silence Rush. You can believe that the prisons are full of doctor shoppers and pain pill poppers, but I don't. And I do know why the phrase "equal protection," was originally included in the (unratified) fourteenth Amendment.
ML/NJ
Here you will find a transcript of the hearing the other day. There is some very interesting info here which needs to be read and understood in order to have a clearer picture of what is going on....
The motives and/or political affiliations of a prosecutor and/or a judge not withstanding, a prosecutor can't just go to a judge and say, "hey, I want this guy's medical records to post on the Internet." The judge can't similarly say, "Ok, go for it." The prosecutor has to go to a judge and say "based on the following, we have reason (probable cause) to believe that if we have these records we will find evidence of..." whatever it is the crime may be.
One can speculate till the cows come home about political motives, but this is how its supposed to work.
They had Rush's admission that he was addicted, and when you are, there are various ways of getting the drugs, and one of them is doctor shopping. Then they checked out the pharmacies and found several overlapping prescriptions for a large period of time. There are two explanations for that, one of which is shady physicians, and the other is doctor shopping. That is probable cause to see his medical records will show which one is true. But Rush doesn't want them released. I wonder why?
And in the vast majority of the cases a first time non-violent, non-trafficking addict who admits his/her addiction and seeks treatment gets probation. Should Rush get different treatment, such as this fishing expedition?
That is whose story? I seriously don't kow what you're talking about. I posted that it is very possible, in fact it happens all the time, that people become addicted to prescription drugs even while taking only the prescribed dose. I said nothing about Rush golfing.
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