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.
The only controversy here is that Rush Limbaugh can't get a big 'ol conservative hard-on by himself.
Nver mind the Israeli response in Gaza, or the latest on the NYT traitors.
This is REAL NEWS!!!
It has been on every newscast here for 24 hours. I figure we could cut some customs personnel, if they have 4 hours to kill over Rush's Viagra.
LOL!
I guess all my worrying last night was stupid. I can't believe I fell for ye olde MSM shenanigans. Oy!
I think they hoped to find illegal drugs in Rush's plane. When they found the Viagra they called the Sheriff.
Then when they knew the truth they told the media. If they had found illegal drugs they would have said nothing until he was indicted.
This is nothing and Rush's actions said as much.
I too think someone or someones in customs will pay.
"End of story."
True, but all the "ifs" have to be in place.
That's okay, everyone held his or her breath.
Pure genius, if true.
You can receive Viagra samples from your doc, without any prescription, so this could be fun to watch how it all unfolds.
On a more personal note, I could probably use something like an Anti-Viagra, especially when I wake up in the morning.
My lady teases me about this "problem", but I really can't help it.
Any Freeper docs that can provide a possible explanation?
How about free samples? MDs give out free samples of BP meds and other meds. Are these restricted by order of the
people that go through travel bags etc? My husband just got some samples of an expensive cardiac drug. This is done all the time. Limbaughs MD would have been better off to supply the dude with a few free samples for his trip. It was really stupid to do otherwise
That's really funny!
Well, there is certainly no way he should take those pills back! I wouldn't trust the possibility of tampering!
You could not have written a better post! So true!
"Talent on loan from Pfizer"
LOL - Leno might have paid you for this, but most of his audience wouldn't get it ...
I have to sign forty forms just to make sure my family can see my medical records because the Government has decided my privacy should be protected with the FULL FORCE of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. No matter that it has cost the medical establishment and consumers millions of dollars. Now the fact that Rush Limbaugh or some doctors, who have luckily remained nameless, take Viagra is all over the MSM. Gosh, think what it would be like if our privacy wasn't protected!
If only Saddam had hid his WMD's in Rush's pants, then the media would care to find them....
I'm not going to touch that with a ten foot pole.
He really is losing it...
Medical attention for the man or the woman? Or both?
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