[Austin Willard Wright]

Well....I agree that Rush is not on the level of Clinton and that the drug war was always a side issue for him.

I disagree with the victimolgy that Coulter seems to have embraced i.e. that drugs "hook" individuals to such an accident that individuals are helpless to resist. I still subcribe to Rush's (former?) view which rejected claims that tobacco users were helpless to slaves to their "addiction." I think that this applies to other forms of drugs as well.

[ladyinred]

These drugs are very addictive, and the body does develop a dependence on them. Obviously this is not something you have ever experienced. Regardless, they have their place with those who suffer pain 24/7, but they are addictive big time. The biggest problem is the stigma and misunderstanding in the public about those who really do need them.