[mhking]

Once a junkie, almost always a junkie.

What great support you've got for Rush.

OTOH, this is going to be rough for all of us; the DUmmies and other assorted libs are going to have a field day.

[Cathryn Crawford]

He's going to struggle with this all his life.

[lawdude]

"the DUmmies and other assorted libs are going to have a field day."

This will fade away after a week. It will resurface when he comes back to the airwaves. It will die after 3-4 days from that.

It is funny that Downey, Jr. gets slack 4 or 5 times for using ILLEGAL drugs. I think the general public will forgive legal drug dependence.

Also, I deal with druggies every day and rarely (never??) have I seen a legal drug dependent person do time. I have only been involved with dealers. I have yet to see their customers go down.

In Arizona, we have Prop. 200 which makes jail impossible for 1st and 2nd time ILLEGAL drug possession. I have NEVER seen anyone charged for possession of LEGAL drugs (unless they had massive quantities for sale).

[ellery]

People who celebrate other people's troubles only hurt themselves.

This will and should raise interesting policy questions here at FR, and I look forward to delving into those.

But separately, I pray for Rush's recovery and honor him for being brave enough to tell the truth.