They didn't have to criminalize human tragedy. The War on Drugs did that for them long ago.
From day one he has maintained he is innocent of any crimes.
I like Rush, but I still don't buy that. He could have only gotten the number of pills he was taking through illegal means, either by doctor shopping or by obtaining them from an illegal source. Of course, I'm not saying the prosecutor wasn't vindictive and going for headlines, or that having an addiction being a criminal offense is just.
In the hundreds of such offices across the country, dedicated men and women figure out what actual criminal activity threatens their communities and marshal their sparse resources against those threats.
Oh, come on! We all know that in the WoD they love the easy collars. Cancer patients with a few pot plants growing in their back yards aren't a danger to the community, but the feds sure like to bust them. Growing pot legally under state law threatens the fed's power in the WoD, so they cannot have it happen.
Real prosecutors do not engage in selective enforcement.
See above.
With Rush cheering them on. That's what fuels the schadenfrude.