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Rush Limbaugh: Open Line Friday [Confirms Some Aspects of Drug Story, Checking In To Rehab]

Posted on 10/10/2003 8:51:57 AM PDT by I Am Not A Mod

A thread for those listening to today's show.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: addiction; atrw; drugs; eib; enquirer; limbaugh; maharushie; painkillers; prescriptiondrugs; rehab; rush; rushlimbaugh; rxdrugs; wodlist
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To: weegee
Should a convenience store robber get a lighter sentence because he is struggling with an addiction?

Convenience store robbers shouldn't be prosecuted atr all.

Have you seen what 7-11 charges for a bottle of aspirin?

The robber is just following their example, is all.

1,441 posted on 10/11/2003 7:19:55 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: stands2reason
Most people who quit don't quit on their first try. That's just the way it is.

Roger that. It took me several fits and starts before it finally (seems to have) took.

Try to explain that to a non-user and they'll usually say you are justifying.

1,442 posted on 10/11/2003 7:20:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: CodeMonkey
Drug users who are hopelessly addicted need help, not prison sentences.

Agreed, from a formerly-hopeless addict.

1,443 posted on 10/11/2003 7:23:15 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: MNLDS
tasteless, classless

Who was the last MA politician for whom those two words did not apply? Surely there was someone since Coolidge that had taste and class.
1,444 posted on 10/11/2003 7:44:14 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Eaker
solitas, you are wrong, vengeful and are going to have your fall someday.

I'm gonna have my fall when summer ends.

Oh wait. That's right. I'm in the South now. We don't have seasons.

1,445 posted on 10/11/2003 7:58:18 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Nov3
No, people on this thread are intelligent enough to see a difference between someone who is in pain that becomes addicted to painkillers and someone who uses drugs recreational. Only an idiot wouldn't make that distinction.

Of course, the problem is that Rush is a Jew! Right. Another racist, anti-semitic pig joining the attempt to pile on Rush.

1,446 posted on 10/11/2003 8:07:35 PM PDT by Ol' Sparky
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To: zoyd
What, now the National Enquirer is golden?

Ever since they revealed the saga of Batboy.

1,447 posted on 10/11/2003 8:14:56 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Lazamataz
If you want to help them have a shot at reintegrating into society, an unnecessary police record is not the answer!
1,448 posted on 10/11/2003 8:51:34 PM PDT by CodeMonkey
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To: Ol' Sparky
No, people on this thread are intelligent enough to see a difference between someone who is in pain that becomes addicted to painkillers and someone who uses drugs recreational. Only an idiot wouldn't make that distinction.

He is a dope addict, pure and simple. He risked everything for dope. His freedom, reputation, health, and possibly lost his hearing. At this point he is no different than a street addict as far as addiction goes. If he thinks he is, he is toast.

Of course, the problem is that Rush is a Jew! Right. Another racist, anti-semitic pig joining the attempt to pile on Rush.

Here is my statement:

"Shortly you will find out that all Rush (a Jew) has to do to beat this is figure out which church he is going to handle snakes at! Run down the aisle and BOOM saved!"

If anything that statement is anti-Christian. Do you work with Jesse Jackson perchance? He can drag racist intent out of anything like you! DU may be more to your liking.

1,449 posted on 10/11/2003 9:38:26 PM PDT by Nov3 (one day at a time since 10/12/1984)
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To: Lazamataz
ten four
1,450 posted on 10/11/2003 10:10:49 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Destro
Irrelevant about where the crime happened. And don't tell me crack, coke, weed, and prescription drugs don't flow VERY freely in Hollywood. It's actually become chic to doctor shop and be on something!
1,451 posted on 10/11/2003 10:36:58 PM PDT by Clock King
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To: Clock King
What does that mean in terms of the law? Because others get away with it Rush should?
1,452 posted on 10/11/2003 11:27:34 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: ellery
Congratulations on being free of cocaine for nearly a year!

Can't wait until I get the glow-in-dark keytag.

NA rewards drug-free time with key tags of different colors. At first I was ashamed to have the key tag actually on my keys, cuz what if my employer saw that distinctive NA logo?

Then I realized: Those of them who knew that logo would understand and appreciate. Those who didn't would never even know.

1,453 posted on 10/12/2003 9:00:20 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Lazamataz
LOL. Y'want some 'fall'? :) I'm not looking forward to the approx 25 cubic yards of (ground-up) leaves I'll be collecting (3'x3'x3' bag and blower on tractor) this fall.
1,454 posted on 10/12/2003 11:16:20 AM PDT by solitas ("...it all depends on what your definition of oxycontin is...")
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To: Nov3
No, people on this thread are intelligent enough to see a difference between someone who is in pain that becomes addicted to painkillers and someone who uses drugs recreational. Only an idiot wouldn't make that distinction.

He is a dope addict, pure and simple. He risked everything for dope. His freedom, reputation, health, and possibly lost his hearing. At this point he is no different than a street addict as far as addiction goes. If he thinks he is, he is toast.

Guess that makes Nov3 an idiot. Nov, you seem a nice person, but on this issue you are extremely stiff-necked.

1,455 posted on 10/12/2003 11:23:29 AM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10; Nov3
Guess that makes Nov3 an idiot. Nov, you seem a nice person, but on this issue you are extremely stiff-necked.

I am too.

Addicts have to be stiff-necked about this stuff. Our sobriety depends on our honesty and our self-scrutiny.

If Rush doesn't get honest with himself -- that he is no better or worse than the rest of us addicts -- he won't stay clean. And then he will be toast.

1,456 posted on 10/12/2003 11:38:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: mhking
The only perfect man to ever walk the earth was a Jewish carpenter 2,000 years ago

Great response Michael and thanks for the ping. This same Jewish carpenter also taught that only those who are completely without sin are permitted to cast stones at others. Certainly no one on this list or anywhere else on the planet meets that criteria. Then or now.

Our own President Bush admitted having difficulty with the substance alcohol and eliminated it from his life. Many many high profile and famous people have developed, admitted to and overcome addictions. Some never do like the late US President John F. Kennedy who's drug useage while in office is now common knowlege. (My, how the media protected certain presidents in those days!)

Treatment is the first step. Limbaugh will be in my prayers.

Prairie

1,457 posted on 10/12/2003 12:24:51 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (I'm a monthly donor to FR. And proud of it!)
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To: madison10
Guess that makes Nov3 an idiot. Nov, you seem a nice person, but on this issue you are extremely stiff-necked.

People are trying to dismiss this issue like Rush is different. Rush is not different. He is a drug addict. When I quit drinking I had to be serious about it. I hadn't suffered the extreme consequences others had even though I made a utter and complete mess of my life. Was I different than a gutter drunk? No! I was an alcoholic pure and simple. As bad as the gutter drunk. If I believed I was different, if I believed I was better than, had more control than, etc the end is almost certain. An alcoholic (or addict) must reach a bottom where they realize this or they must go to further extremes. Here is what I said:

He is a dope addict, pure and simple. He risked everything for dope. His freedom, reputation, health, and possibly lost his hearing. At this point he is no different than a street addict as far as addiction goes. If he thinks he is, he is toast.

It is true. Others here may have a problem with that but it is true. Drugs were worth more than Rush's values, reputation, freedom and he possibly lost his hearing to this addiction. That is junkie behavior whether you will admit it or not. Most people around here think alcoholics and addicts are bad people. MOST aren't. They have a horrible affliction. Rush has it.

You better hope he sees it that way. It is his only chance.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HE GOT THERE, HE IS THERE.

1,458 posted on 10/12/2003 12:33:43 PM PDT by Nov3 (one day at a time since 10/12/1984)
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To: zoyd
Rush was allegedly buying them off the street, with no doctor oversight

What I meant was that the drugs are "clean", not tainted with impurities that might blow out a part of your neural circuit or otherwise poison the user.

There was a book published a few years back, "The Case of the Frozen Junkies." These dopers turned up stiff as boards, though alive. They found out later that they were fully conscious but could not move because their Substantia Nigra in their brain stem no longer manufactured dopamine, necessary for voluntary muscle movement. This was one of the first stem cell implant cases; stem cells were placed in the substantia nigra in hopes that dopamine production would come back.

Imagine the hell of being frozen, while fully awake. But that's what you risk with home-made drugs.

1,459 posted on 10/12/2003 10:31:17 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: texasbluebell
>>I no longer consider those who are addicted to be the lawbreakers--they have illnesses and can't stop themselves. The lawbreakers are those who provide the drugs. <<

Well at least we agree on something. I agree that addicts should not be treated as criminals, they should be treated as medical patients. If our laws allowed doctors to treat them per a medical model, the drug war would be largely over. Addicts consume a very large percentage of the illegal drugs consumed in this country. If they were taken out of the equation, it would deal a major blow to the drug underworld.

If you feel this way, then help us fight to get these laws changed. Join DRCNet or other organizations dedicated to changing these laws for the better.

Help minimize the damage that drugs do to us all.






1,460 posted on 10/13/2003 12:26:20 AM PDT by LloydofDSS (California Native)
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