It has always been my understanding that it is illegal to take prescription drugs that are prescribed for someone else. The viagra was prescribed to his doctor (or two doctors, in some stories).
Anyway, Rush had to know that he was under scrutiny, so why bother. Take a few tabs down and come back with none.
Anyway, Rush had to know that he was under scrutiny, so why bother. Take a few tabs down and come back with none.
I really hope it IS Viagra, and not something else... opiate addiction is a devastating thing, not easily overcome. If Rush is slipping back into looking for fixes, he really needs to be committed to a rehab institution for several months minimum, for his own sake. The legal issues are secondary here (as much as the libs will gloat). Rush will always have his audience - a few months won't matter in the long run.
Medications should be labeled so they are identifiable.
That little blue pill is pretty easily spotted. Why the heck didn't he just fly with it in the prescription bottle?
How come Viagra is available for purchase over the Internet, without a prescription from a doctor?
Rush had a legitimate prescription; the name on the pill bottle wasn't his, for the legitimate reason that someone at the pharmacy would likely have blabbed to the tabloids.
Customs officials were legitimately concerned that anyone -- let alone a man who is under court supervision for abuse of prescription rugs -- had a prescription bottle in someone else's name. I don't know if it would have been better or worse to go through Customs with the tablets in an unlabeled bottle.
They briefly detained Rush while they called the doctors, the story checked out, and they let him go. It's a little embarrassing, but I don't see where anyone acted unreasonably.