[anniegetyourgun]

While I don't condone Rush's drug addiction, this whole thing is really starting to smell bad. I also suspect that Rush is only recently finding out who his real friends are. One who should have been the first to give him a call is Bill Bennett. But, I wonder.....

[InvisibleChurch]

[Zeppo]

In addition, Limbaugh received prescriptions for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and Clonodine, used to treat high blood pressure.

I don't even pretend to be a pharmacist or a health care professional, but if Xanax and Clonodine are not controlled substances, I wonder under what authority the details of those prescriptions were released to law enforcement authorities (and subsequently to the press).

Wouldn't the provisions of HIPAA restrict or prevent the release of that information? Wouldn't the requesting law enforcement agency need to specify precisely what authority they had to inquire about those drugs? Doesn't HIPAA prevent the release of such information when it is not specifically within the narrowly-defined and justified requirements of a requesting authority?

[Tacis]

Rush, it is a completely different issue. Your records have been seized and Dean's are still sealed because no one is suggesting that you have performed lots of abortions on young black girls, mostly welfare queens, from New York City.

[wardaddy]

Rush was chipping...sadly. In Palm Beach, he will be very lucky to escape his natural foes making hay with this.

If I bought 1000s of opiod pills and doctor shopped, I'd be in trouble...even without the enemies Rush has.

[wardaddy]

Here's a local case involving a prominant pharmacist and "selling" legal narcotics in large illegal volumes. Note possible jail times involved. As an aside, the Feds usually treat large possession as possesion with intent and conspiracy as a matter of course and as indicated stauatory-wise:

http://tennessean.com/local/archives/03/12/43653694.shtml?Element_ID=43653694

[Major_Risktaker]

Black did not immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press.

Oh yeah, drop everything when AP calls.

[backhoe]

FWIW:

 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034460/posts

SMOKING GUN As To Polically Motivated Investigation Of Rush REVEALED!!!
Free Republic ^ | December 5, 2003 | Herbivore

Interesting. So the main person instigating this investigation of Rush is also the same person who has a hateful "Rush Is A Nazi" song on her website.

Rush is a Nazi Lyrics Post #71)

[festus]

Once Rush is sure he is out of jeapordy on this lookout....

You don't pick a fight with folks that buy ink by the barrel or airwaves by the nation.

If they convict him on some drug violation it won't affect him much. He is out in front by already admitting he had the problem.

If they push the money laundering one I don't know it may hurt him some. Its not money laundering but the sad fact is the law is written so that if it looks like you structured multiple transactions to evade having to report all transactions over 10K then you are guilty and ignorance of the law is no excuse the way they wrote that one.

That said can someone explain how Rush would have gotten the drugs via prescriptions and then had to launder money to buy them at the pharmacy ? That doesn't make sense.

[Hot Tabasco]

2,000 pills from March 24 through Sept. 26. from four doctors. The medications include the powerful painkillers Oxycontin, Lorcet, Norco, hydrocodone and Kadian. In addition, Limbaugh received prescriptions for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and Clonodine, used to treat high blood pressure

Hmmmmm, lets see, 6 months equals approx. 180 days, 2,000 pills divided by 180 days equals about 11 pills per day.

So, we now know he allegedly had prescriptions prescribed for him and assumed (by alleged reports) he consumed approx. 11 pills per day of any of a combination of the above.

So, what would be a normal prescription of pain killer? 3 or 4 per day? And what would be a normal prescribed consumption of Xanax? 2, 3 or 4 per day? And what would be a normal prescription of any medication to combat high blood pressure?

Nothing implied here, just doing some math........

[Hot Tabasco]

The warrants list prescriptions for more than 2,000 pills

2,000 pills prescribed, 3000 pills per month claimed by extortionist, oops, the maid, one has to wonder about the credibility of both claims.

If you were to believe the authorities claim then you have to debunk the maid. After all, if you can purchase with the prescription then why would you rely on the maid?

If you can buy thru the maid then why would you rely on legal prescriptions?

Can you say extortion? Sure you can......

[ladyinred]

Notice how almost every article mentions his $24 million dollar mansion? What does THAT have to do with anything? At least he paid for it, as opposed to the Clinton's with their 3 or 4 mansions paid for by someone else!