Posted on 06/27/2006 4:00:45 PM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly
Limbaugh Likely to Wait Several Days
By BRIAN SKOLOFF
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Rush Limbaugh will likely have to wait several days to find out if he violated his deal with prosecutors in a prescription fraud case when authorities found him in possession of a bottle of Viagra that was apparently prescribed to someone else, a spokesman for the state attorney's office said Tuesday.
Limbaugh, 55, was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after he returned on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found Viagra in his bag, but his name wasn't on the prescription, Palm Beach County sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller said.
Limbaugh's lawyer, Roy Black, said the prescription was written in his doctor's name "for privacy purposes." The conservative radio host was released without being charged and investigators confiscated the Viagra, which treats erectile dysfunction.
Limbaugh joked about the search on his radio show Tuesday, saying Customs officials didn't believe him when he said he got the pills at the Clinton Library and he was told they were blue M&Ms. He later added, chuckling: "I had a great time in the Dominican Republic. Wish I could tell you about it."
It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party's name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County. He would not discuss specifics in the Limbaugh case Tuesday.
The sheriff's office was continuing its investigation and would turn the case over to prosecutors in several days, Edmondson said. The alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor if Limbaugh's doctor doesn't confirm the prescription.
Under last month's deal with prosecutors, authorities will dismiss a "doctor shopping" charge if Limbaugh doesn't get arrested for 18 months, among other terms. Prosecutors had said he illegally deceived multiple doctors to get overlapping painkiller prescriptions. Limbaugh denied the charges but admitted he was addicted to painkillers.
This latest case may simply be dismissed if prosecutors can confirm with Limbaugh's doctor that the prescription was indeed for Limbaugh, said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney in Florida.
"It's perhaps a little embarrassing but not highly incriminating," Coffey said.
In addition, possession of Viagra is in a "completely different universe than a matter that would involve Schedule Two (controlled) substances such as OxyContin" Coffey added.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Viagra is not considered a controlled substance because "it's not something you can be addicted to," said DEA Investigator Maria Gilbert.
The Food and Drug Administration oversees regulations concerning non-addictive drugs that are not considered controlled substances, Gilbert said. A telephone call to the FDA was not immediately returned Tuesday.
His most familiar recording to me is from the early '70s: "Baby, Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me."
They sure are HOPING Rush will get charged with something ANYTHING! They can't wait to try again to discredit him, since the last attempt failed.
NY Times exposes legal classified anti-terrorist program. Zzzzz.
What a twisted world...
It could very well be that he had the prescription bottle in his travel bag, and it had been there since his last trip. If he didn't completely dump everything and start over for the new trip, it could be that leaving it there was just an oversight on his part.
The sherrif's department is all over the airport, directing traffic and such.
"Exactly how many other Viagra busts can you direct me to?"
LOL - I thought your point was that Rush would be Pure Genuis if HE set this up ?
So tell me, my FRiend --- just why would doing that have been so advantageous for him that you would label it Pure Genius ?
They make special exceptions for favored cases.
He was threatening to move, and he now might.
"They sure are HOPING Rush will get charged with something ANYTHING! They can't wait to try again to discredit him, since the last attempt failed"
If Rush gets charged with anything, he's already in deep do do - since part of his agreement is to refrain from any violation of the law.
One might wonder why he has never sued the Enquirer.
I'm glad Rush is up for some fun while vacationing! I only wonder who the lucky lady is??
Your county's liberal New York City transplants, the militant/senile Democrat condo commandos, the Gorevitch vote-frauders and the liberalism-is-a-mental-disease DA's don't rule the roost here on this side of the Sunshine State.
You're in enemy territory where you live. Get out right away and leave the classless 'Rat people in Palm Beach county behind to carry on with what they do best.......hating Bush and conservative middle-west outsiders like yourself.
Screw 'em.
Leni
(Florida's gorgeous Gulf coast)
Wise words! Aren't you glad you've got all those alligators between your side and those 'Rats in Palm Beach? /grin
They're better than Rotweilers for protection from 'Rats, Rush.
Leni
"Fraud" is a very strong word of accusation; Since when is AP setting the standards for "fraud" to talk about it?
Rush will have his day in Court if he broke any laws/agreements; until then everybody should back off or shut the hell up. Period!
Boy oh Boy and I in trouble for posting this - but ummm let's just say I know someone personally who asked his doctor for a script for Viagra. He was given a 30 day supply of 30 pills. Having isn't unusual.
Enough said.
There is a song by Mac Davis,"Baby, Baby, Don't get hooked on me." I don't think that is the name, just a refrain. Anyhoo, I heard Rush mention it last week.
Here are some facts.
1. Limbaugh is not on probation. Probation is a form of legal punishment that first requires a criminal conviction. Rush has been convicted of no crime.
2. It is not illegal for a doctor to prescribe a drug to a patient using a third parties' name in order to protect the privacy of the patient.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201065,00.html
4. Also keep in mind that Rush was merely detained, not arrested or charged with a crime.
3. This incident was released to the press by obviously unscrupulous individual(s). It is immoral (and perhaps illegal) for someone to divulge another man's personal information that has no business being brought to the public.
5. The said medication (and others with similar results) is widely used by many men, some of whom I have no doubt are mocking Limbaugh as we speak.
55 year old man uses Viagra. Wow.
How old do you need to be???
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