[soozla]

The only "Lexus-Nexus" reference Rush made to drugs (culled from all of his transcripts reposited there) was one in 1995, made BEFORE his back surgery, I believe.

I've always listened to Rush and I've never heard him "lecture" anyone on drugs. He goes off on the Medicare prescription drug issue ("Why should a person of average income end up paying for Bill Gates' drug prescriptions?") but I've never heard address the issue of illegal/prescription drug use one way or the other.

[ancient_geezer]

but I've never heard address the issue of illegal/prescription drug use one way or the other.

I do not recall nor can I find any mention of Rush Limbaugh's

The most recent statement about the issue of illegal drugs by Rush that I have been able to find, I believe this was after his back surgery:

 

Transcript Of Rush Limbaugh On Legalizing Drugs
March 12, 1998

RUSH:

** Based on the reality of how we're going after cigarette smokers, The thing that we cannot do in the drug fight right now is regulate because it's illegal.  Drugs are against the law and so the manufacturers are illegal.  They're not even on shore they're down there in Columbia and the Calli Cartel and they're working to poison the brains and minds of the future of America.  And so what we do is to try to keep those drugs from getting in.  And I agree with you that it's a half baked effort. 

** But what are we doing with cigarettes.  Well we are punishing the manufacturers We're suing them left and right we're going to cause them to settle out of court for $368 billion.  We're gonna let them keep making them but then we're going to have the price go way way up so that we ostensibly say by virtue of that we don't want anybody to smoke cigarettes anymore and we're going to try to price it out of most peoples existence but we're going to raise those prices and most of that money will be taxes and we're going to use that money for health care programs for our kids and so forth. 

*** It seems to me that what is missing in the drug fight is legalization.  If we want to go after drugs with the same fervor and intensity with which we go after cigarettes let's legalize drugs.  Legalize the manufacture of drugs.  Licence the Calli Cartel make them tax payers and then sue them.  Sue them left and right and then get control of the price and generate tax revenue from it.  Raise the price sky high and fund all sorts of other wonderful social programs. 

**** Because it seems to me, flippant as though it may sound to you, that what gives us the power to do what we're doing, what gives the government the _power_ to do what it is doing, state and federal, in cigarettes is that it's a legal substance regulated by uh the federal government.  And they don't have any such power and control over drugs because it's illegal. 

**** So let's legalize them and then go after them the same way. 

[Jaidyn]

Amen for your post! I searched everywhere and the last drug rant Bush had was in 1995 but the liberals act as though that's all he does. I have done a complete flip-flop on some of my issues which doesn't make me a hypocrite but shows I'm open to other views. Now, the liberals are accusing him of buying box loads of illegal Cuban cigars. They are out to get him and any conservative who has an audience, like Sean Hannity, for instance. Sean will eat them alive so I hope they go for the jugular.

[joesbucks]

Does Lexus Nexus archive his radio show, or is the quote you reference from his televison show. I've never found an archice of his radio show.