America's favorite junkie thinks he can get away with preaching hard prison time for drugs and not do time himself. I only listen to conservatives who don't make Ted Kennedy look unhypocritical.
It's absurd to define someone taking legal prescription pills to ward off pain from an incurable back problem as a "junkie."
You're homepage on Free Republic says you're in your early twenties. I bet you haven't gotten to the age where back injuries and surgery become common. Having had back pain and surgery on a herniated disc that was completely surrounding my spinal chord, I think I have some understanding of what kind of pain he was going through. I have also on occasion in the nearly 5 years since my surgery, experienced extreme back pain that got me to seriously think about taking a vicodin to stop the pain. I can understand why someone might get addicted to narcotics when dealing with that level of pain.