This remark is why I do not listen as frequently to Rush Limbaugh any longer.
He obviously is instructing his lawyer to argue his innocence in the "political arena" of "I am no different than anyone else" versus the "constitutional arena" of medical consumption is an individual right.
The amount of medication an individual consumes is clearly an individual right, protected by the 9th amendment, just as the amount of food and/or cigarettes a person consumes is a protected individual right.
Ah, the hypocricy and lack of courage to defend an individual right. What wasted opportunity.
So, I take it you stopped listening as frequently TODAY (this article, this letter, this offense by Roy was launched TODAY)?
Still, I think the first argument is about how everyone else is treated. I've got multiple family members who have suffered from lengthy addictions -- many only about presecription drug addictions. They are not in jail. They have never been charged (except for drunk driving -- not for being drunk). And many many doctors have known about the problem and KNOWINGLY prescribed more pills anyway. Sometimes pharmacists will do the addicts bidding. One family member stood at the door of a pharmacy just after they closed BEGGING for drugs. Shockingly, it worked. NO ONE was charged with anything.
He's not making the constitutional arguement because it's kooky and not subscribed to by normal folks, some who may actually end up on his jury. Is there nothing you pro-druggies won't stop at to get your weird agenda in the headlines?