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.
1. True, prosecution for the offence is defered
2. Possibly true, but noone is going after the doctor ( right now )
3. ?
4. True
3. Life is tough when you are a celeb ... Rush's people don't know this ?
5. So ?
Fact - As a known drug addict he flew in a private plane from a known drug transit point with a prescription drug in a bottle NOT labeled for him.
Not a big deal, and will most likely be overlooked by his PTI Supervisor, but do your seriously think that ANYTHING that Rush does that connects him to drugs will be ignored by the media ?
Rush has to wait to find out if the prosecutors who went after him before but came up empty decide to make an issue over his legal transportation of this particular *prescription* drug. Reminds me of the liberals' craving for a Fitzmas indictment of Rove.
Whether Rush put 'em up to this or not, we are all going to have many field days over it.
Lemme help you with that.
NOT A CRIME.
Don't forget that Rush IS big media. He's gonna endear himself to America, trust me.
Rush likes living in the belly of the beast. As they say on his show, without liberals, they wouldn't exist.
Daryn Kagan, last I heard.
"Rush likes living in the belly of the beast."
According to the last reports I found on Coulter, he can walk over to her place, no problem.
No, I doubt Limbaugh will ever be ignored by the media for any reason. I am merely trying to show how a mountain is being made out of a molehill over a private issue that's none of our business.
It's not a crime. Capiche?
Reports say Roy Black was all over this, immediately, as he set the whole thing up. Comprende?
You're cracking me up. G'Night.
Yep,
but I would rather look at it as a celebrity getting away with things that Joe Peon can't.
... and more, thinking that they have some RIGHT to get away with it ...
I take care to make sure I will not have any problems with customs. I expect the same diligence from every American.
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Reports say Roy Black was all over this, immediately, as he set the whole thing up. Comprende? "
LOL - If Roy Black is found to have "set it up" he is in DEEP do do my FRiend ...
Lord, please don't let Rush make ED commercials. It was bad enough hearing Bob Dole talk about it.
Keep on lol-ing. Roy Black covered every angle, including putting the script in the doctor's name. That's great lawyering. So great that he was immediately out front on this *event*, knowing that he had indeed set up the script perfectly.
I think that Kryptonite is refering to this line from the story at the top of this thread:
"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."
Riddle me this ... why ?
Riddle me this ... why ?
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/3234686.html
Limbaugh Faces Possible Misdemeanor Charge
Uh?
what happen to Drudge Report that said he did't have any illleagl pills or anything?
True.
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