Raids On Rush Are Detailed (Warrants: He Broke Drug Laws)

Newsday ^ | Dec. 5, 2003 | Jon Burstein

[Wolfie]

RAIDS ON RUSH ARE DETAILED

Warrants: He Broke Drug Laws

West Palm Beach, Fla. - A Palm Beach County law enforcement task force investigating whether Rush Limbaugh illegally obtained prescription painkillers seized the talk show host's medical records from three doctors, according to search warrants made public yesterday.

Authorities are looking into whether the conservative commentator violated the state's "doctor shopping" law by getting doctors to write him overlapping narcotic prescriptions and failing to tell them about each other.

From March to September, Limbaugh picked up 1,733 hydrocodone pills, 90 OxyContin pills, 50 Xanax tablets and 40 pills of Kadian ( time-release morphine ), search warrant records show. The court documents indicate that sometimes less than a week would lapse between him getting different doctors' prescriptions.

"Doctor shopping" is a third-degree felony under Florida law, punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

[StatesEnemy]

Hypocrites Beware.

[Sally'sConcerns]

If you add the total of the pills, it averages 10.672 pills a day. Of course, it doesn't state the strength of the hydrocodone and individal strengths go from 2.5 to 10.0.

At one time my one pain management doctor had me on 6-8 hydrocodone (7.5) a day, along with 3 Soma, 250 mg of elavil, 200 mg Serzone and 2500 of Neurontin. I took that amount of medication for 3 years until I was switched to what I'm currently taking.

[Howlin]

So, seeking out doctors to treat you the way you wish to be treated is a third-degree felony?

Trying to find a doctor to treat you is not a third-degree felony.

Continually finding new doctors to write you new prescriptions for the same drugs over and over is.

[Rome2000]

Who the hell ever heard of this "Doctor Shopping" law?.

If he broke the law, he wasn't aware of its existence.

On the other hand, a political prosecution would be a real war.

The same schmendricks who tried to steal the election are now trying to eliminate Limbaugh.

[cars for sale]

sometimes freepers OR THOSE DEMS HERE who guise as freeprs make me sick..............Rush said in exacting terms we would see the facts and the tabliod is a lie. Rush said it
and I challenge any damn freeper to show me where Rushbo lied before intentionally.........just like Dubya, listen ONLY to what Dubya says and not what the media says he said
and answers come

[SierraWasp]

GOOD SHOT!!! Encore!!! Keep it up!!! You ROCK!!!

[Hank Rearden]

Why? Does Big Stupid Government own us and our bodies?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Don't worry, he's got Manuel Noriega's attorney.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They carry Bill and Hil's pix in their wallets.

[Batrachian]

It's pretty clear that Rush did violate the law (I can't think of any way to legally aquire several thousand doses of prescription narcotic medication), although you could argue that it's only prescription drug laws. He didn't kill anyone, after all, but these laws do carry stiff penalties, and Palm Beach County is run by Democrats.

[pageonetoo]

"No need! No need! "Crucify him! Crucify him!" -RP

Someone emailed me this very interesting blog-spot. It is a leftist one, apparently, but provides interesting reading for the apologists!

I don't think we need to crucify him, nor deify him! He screwed up, and broke the law, RP... He should be held accountable, if this is anywhere close to the truth! Even if he has become an Icon!

isn't that what you so vehemently support? Prosecution of evil-doers!!! (and we all know that Rush isn't evil, just human!) You are the ultimate Hypocrite!

http://shock-awe.info/archive/000923.php

[gatorbait]

no Court is going to sign an application for such a search warrant against a famous person with money to burn on the finest lawyers for a mere fishing expedition

there has to be strong factual support for granting it


Don't bet your house note on that premise.This is Palm Beach County,Florida.The Prosecutor is a Janet Reno clone.The Grand Jury pool will be drawn from the Condo Commies who double and triple voted.

Think Jim Garrison and the JFK witch hunt he went on.

[headsonpikes]

You should put new batteries in your irony detector.

[cars for sale]

thx, just sick of dems here starting crapola and no mention of the cocain ladened Clinton

[Howlin]

He wasn't checking out doctors, for pete's sake.

He was looking for MORE DRUGS. That is against the law.

[cars for sale]

Howlin, as a run you rock but wanna make a wager here about Rush's outcome and those DAMNED facts you so willy nilly ASSUME ???????????????

[international american]

If Rush were buying crack or crystal meth I would understand.
But becoming addicted to painkillers due to chronic back pain??
Hell, if he was a friggin LIBERAL, I wouldn't prosecute!!

[Howlin]

sometimes freepers OR THOSE DEMS HERE who guise as freeprs make me sick..............

So, if we have a different view of what is going on, we make you sick and/or we're really Democrats?

Perhaps you should read more of the factual articles that are out there concerning this topic, lest you not continue to look like a fool.

[Always Right]

It's not totally inconceivable that Rush could do time because of these doings.

Maybe, but he could convict him. It is a third degree felony.

[nhoward14]

Any chance this might be Democrat retaliation for Ken Starr? To hear Dems tell it, Starr just kept searching for years until he found something he could stick on Bill. The way this story keeps changing and the way "evidence" keeps getting released to the media and the fact that there is now a "task force" investigating only Rush, it just keeps getting more and more smelly.