Rush has not denied this yet (that I have heard). If it were untrue he would have vigorously denied it and threatened a libel suit against the NE. Apparently he was in pain and he needed some pills. Like any free adult man he should have the right to purchase whatever medicine he deemed necessary for himself without groveling to a government-approved pill pusher.
You deny when you are ready, first you give your accuser all the rope they need to hang themself. Nice thing aobut having a fewbucks, he can hire some top notch council and detectives.
Give him time, remeber, he still has his show and about 20 million folks in his corner, the national inqierer and petey jennings and his gang of US haters may have bitten off more than theyc an chew this time.